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10 Feb 2014, 8:52 pm
LKL wrote:
I think that the poem was written when 'breast' had more of a connotation of 'chest,' as opposed to 'boob.' It probably means something more like a metaphorical 'savage heart.'
This.
The poet was NOT envisioning a female mammary gland growing to the size of Godzilla and demolishing Tokyo.
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10 Feb 2014, 8:58 pm
naturalplastic wrote:
LKL wrote:
I think that the poem was written when 'breast' had more of a connotation of 'chest,' as opposed to 'boob.' It probably means something more like a metaphorical 'savage heart.'
This.
The poet was NOT envisioning a female mammary gland growing to the size of Godzilla and demolishing Tokyo.