Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 26, 1972
Transcript:
Schroeder and Lucy sit at their desks in school. Schroeder looks at a book and says, "Studying poetry spoils the poems."<BR><BR> Schroeder asks, "Why do we have to try to explain a poem?"<BR><BR> Schroeder continues, "That's like trying to explain a summer sky, or a winter moon . . ."<BR><BR> Lucy looks at Schroeder and smiles. She says, ". . Or a pretty face!"<BR><BR>
My friend’s English class once dissected a poem and it turned out the poem meant, “Don’t dissect poetry.”