I don't have a muse, and never have. I'm afraid that if I did have one, she would be a small Chinese woman standing in the doorway, looking significantly at her watch every minute or so while I dug around in the sofa searching for enough loose change to pay for the chicken-fried rice. On the whole, I think I do better without her.
I imagine they were intended. Shakespeare loved to put in double entendres, and while I don't know for sure about this sonnet, I know if some of his plays he used the dual meaning of "lie".
I gave up trying to get published. Too stressful for me. Many writers here at WDC and elsewhere depend upon some form of writing for income. Not me. I get a monthly gov't check, live below my means, travel (not this past year) ... and write.
What is success? Different answer for everyone. Because I deal with anxiety and depression, survival is success.
Properly reading a poem can be essential to understanding and enjoying it. Years ago, I heard someone read a poem totally ignoring the line breaks which may be okay for some poets and some poems but not that particular one!
I don't know the literary names for most patterns. I just know that most rhythms, like rhymes, are intentional.
There are different camps on this. I tend to side with Stephen King, who said you should show as little detail as possible so the reader can fill in the details with what they want, as you suggest with your example.
In my opinion, it is the difference between, "Tell me what she looks like so I will know her" and "Help me to know her, and I will know what she looks like".
A pet peeve I have with another writer in my workshop circle. She always wants to know what people look like in one sentence summation. When I point to the elements in a story that indicate a person is beautiful, she'll ask "but what color of her eyes?" I answer, "whatever color you think is beautiful."
He is an absolute hoot to listen to, especially when he goes on a rant, which he loves to do. Of course, he's also a tremendously sensitive painter and poet. People are so much fun.
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