Barbara Henstein Smith, in her book
Poetic Closure: A Study of How Poems End, says this:
“Perhaps all we can say, and even this may be too much,
is that varying degrees or states
of tension seem to be involved in all our experiences,
and that the most gratifying ones are

those in which whatever tensions are created are also released.

Or, to use another familiar set of terms,
an experience is gratifying to the extent
that those expectations that are aroused are also fulfilled.”

芭芭拉-亨斯坦-史密斯在她的书
诗意的终结。A Study of How Poems End》说到:
"也许我们能说的，甚至可能是太多了，
就是我们所有的经历中似乎都有不同程度或状态的紧张，
而最令人满意的是那些产生的紧张也被释放出来的。

或者，用另一个大家都熟悉的术语来说，
一个经验的满足程度是，那些被唤起的期望也得到了满足"。