... I realized that fictional stories and some non-fictional have metaphors and symbols that they have a specific meaning. Right then I realized that other literary works can easily misinterpreted, because the meaning of the metaphors, symbols etc. can be misunderstood to have another meaning which is the exact argument ... Perrine is making that the meaning of a poem and other literary works is what limits its amount of interpretations. Throughout "The Nature of Proof in the Interpretation of Poetry" Laurence Perrine employs ... work he is dead, it is done. Barthes "deplores using the exp...

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