Beginnings--The Idea

Part I of Essay
Since poets go over their poems many times during composing--maybe dozens of times across years--before considering each poem fit to publish, you should also reread a poem several times before considering that you understand it. But each time you will probably notice differ ....

Part II of Essay
.... it needs to be treated with care. Being "newly sprung" implies that, as a fresh bloom, the rose is young. So what do these traits have to do with his beloved? Maybe she's uncommon ("rare"). Maybe she should be treated with courtesy and gentleness. Maybe she's young, or young to love (innocent), or just new to him. So translating the images takes quite a bit of time and thought to figure out what meanings probably fit the poem's context and to reject those that probably don't. Eventually, readers probably try to work out a complete paraphr ....