The poem, "Ars Poetica", written by Archibald MacLeish , can be summarized by its final stanza, "A poem should not mean / But be." Macleish suggests that a poem is like any other piece of art and should be admired as an image. The image leaves the reader to decide of what the poem means to them through their own experiences. Compared to other forms of poetry, which the author of the poem tries to direct what the reader feels, and the message he recieves. A poem usually is m
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