A poem’s title does not always have great significance. The title might not make much
sense
until you start to gain some understanding of the poem. The title The Sick Rose
(by
William Blake) gives us a reasonable hint about what the poem means. T. S. Eliot’s
title
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
seems to give some direction, but after reading
the poem, the title might be considered misleading or
ironic; yet the title of another of
Eliot’s poems, The Hollow Men,
can immediately signal one of the poem’s central
themes and point you to key
imagery. Wallace Stevens’ title The Snow Man
probably gives you very little
help, except, perhaps, to raise your curiosity about the poem.