After my recent musings on answering the ‘what does it mean’ question, I was happy to come across this in the Letters of Ted Hughes:
To Lydia Clement and Alison George
29 July 1985
Dear Miss Clement and Miss George
Thank you for your letter. If I answered your question it might stop you worrying, but it would not help you. You know that when you answer a problem, you kill it. And it might be a fruitful problem.
Best wishes,
Ted Hughes
As 13-year old schoolgirls. Lydia Clement and Alison George had been reading TH’s story ‘The Rain Horse’ and had written to ask what the horse symbolised.
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