intent vs. use

An author may write with intent but it’s good to remember what matters to the reader is use.

chance and control

In art, what part accident, what part intent.

known unknown

The poet always knows more about the poem than you do.

that poem again

The poem the poet was remembered by versus the poem the poet wished to be remembered by.

[Of the former, I'm thinking of Randall Jarrell and "The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner".]