What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in the course of time a poet may become merely reader in respect to his own works, forgetting his original meaning.

I've been born, and once is enough.

Before a cat will condescend to treat you as a trusted friend, some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream.

Teach us to care and not to care

When a great poet has lived, certain things have been done once for all, and cannot be achieved again.

Turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod goodbye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he as the end of the street.

We had the experience but missed the meaning. And approach to the meaning restores the experience in a different form.