We've been through the metaphor - analogy argument here before, and learned all about Fitness Landscapes.

But to give a banal, yet Steinesque example: 'A rose is a rose is a rose'. Does it need to be dissected, so that the word 'is' is understood? Or is its principle effect as a tinkle of some kind in the mind - that you can't quite place. All Art is about those tinkles. They are not metaphors in the linguistic sense, they are the sound of stimulii splashing into the vast underground lake in a cavern that is the gestalt of the mind. They add nothing to the depth, but they disturb the surface for a while.

You can't be me, I'm taken