understanding n. 1.认识,了解,理解,领悟,理会。 2.悟性,理解力,智力;【哲学】知性 〔opp. reason〕。 3.谅解;同情;默契;协议;约定;条件。 4.〔pl.〕 〔英俚、谑〕鞋;脚。 It is a matter of understanding. 那是认识问题。 a man of understanding 头脑清楚的人。 a man without understanding 头脑不清楚的人。 a tacit understanding 默契。 arrive at [come to] an understanding with ... 和…取得谅解,和…达成(非正式的)协议。 have [keep] a good understanding with ... 和…意见一致。 on the understanding that ... 给…为条件。 on this understanding = with this understanding 以这条件,在这一谅解之下。 adj. 1.能体谅别人的,通情达理的。 2.明智的,聪明的,颖悟的。 an understanding man 通情达理的人。
If one writes poetry , it naturally follows that he must understand poetry 一个人如果能写诗,那么他当然就应该懂诗。
百科解释
Understanding Poetry was an influential American college textbook and poetry anthology by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren, first published in 1938. The book influenced New Criticism and went through its fourth edition in 1976.