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This chapter explores a general puzzle about lyric poetry, especially, though not exclusively, the modern short lyric. The often extraordinary linguistic compression of much lyric poetry makes these poems, to say the least, resistant to understanding. Why do we value art that pushes language to such extremes? The chapter's response to this builds on the idea that in poetry we are concerned not quite with content but with a ‘subject-realized-in-just-this-way’, and this reveals the extent to which expression is the chief object of poetic appreciation and critical scrutiny. Understanding this aright sheds light on long-standing debates concerning the so-called heresy of paraphrase, the supposed identity of poetic form and content, and the idea that poetry bears a uniquely poetic brand of meaning.
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