As a poet in college, I can tell you that the greatest
delight was in creating intentionally ambiguous lines
-- where *every* possible meaning was intended. I called
that "creative ambiguity".
The potential for ambiguity came not only from the different
meanings a word could have, but from sound-alike words,
as well.
To construct a very-artificial example, off the top of
my head:
"No", yourself!
Know, yourself.
Know your self.
Especially for poems meant to be read or sung, where the
potentially dis-ambiguating punctuation is obscured, such
lines were the height of deliciousness!
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