Milton's multi-layered poem "Lycidas" is a literary work with a variety of interpretations and meanings. One of the many angles from which we can attempt to understand the poem is the meta-poetic level. Meta-poetics is quite a wide range of ideas, which generally can be described as dealing with authorship and the poet's relations with the audience and the poem itself, as well the exploration of the process of writing a poem. The meta-poetic, or ars-poetic, tone will concentrate on identifying Milton's emotional and psychological experiences in the process of creation-his intentions, hesitations and hopes-all in the light of the fascinating triangle of poet-poem-audience. The focus will be on the formation and reformation of Milton's psyche in the poem, as a reflection of himself and as a work of art.
When reading a work of literature, and a poem in particular, the reader must always bear in mind the poet's position and involvement in the text, but we usually use it to reach a deeper insight about the meaning of the poem.
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