PHA word doesn't always carry exactly the same meaning every time it appears.
Readers use surrounding words and sentences to determine which meaning is intended.
This is called contextual interpretation.
For example, “bright” can describe physical light, intelligence, color, or even someone's personality.
Writers can deliberately exploit this ambiguity.
A sentence may initially encourage one interpretation before a later word forces the reader to reinterpret it.
This is especially powerful in poetry, where individual words can carry several associations simultaneously.
Sometimes the most interesting literary meaning isn't contained inside one word—it emerges from the relationship between neighboring words.
© Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Readers use surrounding words and sentences to determine which meaning is intended.
This is called contextual interpretation.
For example, “bright” can describe physical light, intelligence, color, or even someone's personality.
Writers can deliberately exploit this ambiguity.
A sentence may initially encourage one interpretation before a later word forces the reader to reinterpret it.
This is especially powerful in poetry, where individual words can carry several associations simultaneously.
Sometimes the most interesting literary meaning isn't contained inside one word—it emerges from the relationship between neighboring words.
© Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy