Death of the Author is a bullshit idea. The only person who knows what the writer's intention was when writing a piece of literature is the author him/herself. Any alternative interpretation is fanfiction at best.
Would the question(s) be better if it asked it in a different way, i.e.
instead of "Dividing the poem into two stanzas allows the poet to―"
the question could ask "The division of the poem into two stanzas has the effect of-"
rather than presuming to know what the author's intent was.
instead of "Dividing the poem into two stanzas allows the poet to―" the question could ask "The division of the poem into two stanzas has the effect of-"
rather than presuming to know what the author's intent was.