In fact, such controversial and even misunderstood famous poems are not uncommon. Generally speaking, there are two reasons for being misunderstood. First, only half of the sentence is widely circulated, and the other half of the sentence that really carries meaning is unknown, which has caused many people's misunderstanding. For example, caring for each other, many people use it to describe love, which means that husband and wife are very loving. But its second half sentence is "If you don't forget each other in the rivers and lakes", with this half sentence, the style of painting suddenly changed. If you see this half sentence, I wonder if you will be surprised?
Another reason for misunderstanding is that it is out of the context of the original text and only literally explained. For example, "hold your hand and grow old with your son" is caused by this reason. If we consider the background of the poem, it is obvious that it is a poem describing the battlefield, and the characters in the poem are also comrades in arms. Knowing this background, I am afraid I will doubt its literal meaning. At least consider whether this poem describes the friendship between comrades. ?
Of course, those misinterpreted meanings are actually reasonable, otherwise they would not have spread so widely. How beautiful it is to describe love with the words "hold your hand and grow old with your son" Even if it was originally used to describe the feelings of comrades-in-arms, why not attach it to the feelings of men and women? You know, words are dead, but artistic conception is alive.