Originally Posted by
CurvaceousKate
I'm not sure that I agree with you on semantics by the way. You can't really answer a question unless you fully understand what it means? Unfortunately too many people do these days, which is why we live in a world of chaos. Questioning is not a bad thing and should not be perceived that way. I have no hesitation in my belief
the more you try to understand the word and how it fits in a sentence, the more confused the mind gets and eventually it loses its meaning.
the other thing is that it is language and can have many interpretations. Figuratively, metaphorically, literally, irony etc
an engineer may question its use, while a poet may not. Yeats used many peculiar combinations of words to incite a response from the reader. "The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world...." each individual word on its own makes no sense. each individual sentence on its own makes no sense, but when you add it all together it becomes poetry. Try reading a clockwork orange. It makes no sense but Its sum is greater than its individual parts.
"The hesitancy of slow love making," brings to mind that song by jennifer rush IMO:
you cant just pick out one single word. You have to read the whole sentence and it becomes in the mind a symbol (image)
"The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation" - Henry David Thoreau.