I think of this song at a very literal level.
With the hounds, the arrows, the fortress, & the sunrise, there's a lot of images presented. I've always thought of it as a story about a solitary girl-warrior in the woods without metaphorical meaning.
Really? It doesn't seem just as likely, if not more so, to be figurative imagery? After all, the brain encodes more readily and vividly that which is most salient -- and the more sensory, the more salient. Like a mnemonic device. The very concept behind memory palaces, and why people who have incredible memories tend to employ similar methods.
Really? It doesn't seem just as likely, if not more so, to be figurative imagery? After all, the brain encodes more readily and vividly that which is most salient -- and the more sensory, the more salient. Like a mnemonic device. The very concept behind memory palaces, and why people who have incredible memories tend to employ similar methods.
I think of this song at a very literal level. With the hounds, the arrows, the fortress, & the sunrise, there's a lot of images presented. I've always thought of it as a story about a solitary girl-warrior in the woods without metaphorical meaning.
Really? It doesn't seem just as likely, if not more so, to be figurative imagery? After all, the brain encodes more readily and vividly that which is most salient -- and the more sensory, the more salient. Like a mnemonic device. The very concept behind memory palaces, and why people who have incredible memories tend to employ similar methods.
Really? It doesn't seem just as likely, if not more so, to be figurative imagery? After all, the brain encodes more readily and vividly that which is most salient -- and the more sensory, the more salient. Like a mnemonic device. The very concept behind memory palaces, and why people who have incredible memories tend to employ similar methods.