 Sentence meaning—that is, textual meaning—is thus one thing, and is anchored in the “the whole speaking community”, while speaker meaning—what the author meant—is quite another, and is anchored in his own, quite possibly idiosyncratic intentions. Thus an author can be wrong about what his own work means. A.E. Housman, for example, was probably wrong in claiming that his poem “1887” wasn’t ironic (Aesth:, 25–26).