Just imagine a philologist being confronted with the idea that the meaning of words at a certain historical moment isn't the only thing that matters in understanding the meaning of a poem.

想象一下，一个语言学家看到一个理论指出,一个字在特定历史阶段的语义,不是影响诗歌意思理解的,唯一因素。

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The occult gives Yeats aesthetic forms for understanding individual psychology and historical event.

神秘主义使叶芝从美学角度,理解个人的心理,和历史事件。

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