But by suggesting that the poet is open to whatever perception strikes him, these slighter gestures prepare us for the surprisingly unrestrained emotion of lines like these: At a party my father suddenly appears, young, vigorous, I'm so glad to see him it wakes me up.
"We really try to give our visitors the opportunity to form their own opinion, or even to change their mind from whatever perception it was," said Pell as we wrapped up the tour.
You shouldn't need a how-to guide to achieve whatever perception of "being metal" is out there.
Contrary to whatever perceptions we may have of social progress in Britain, Ramsay believes these racist practices are becoming more and more frequent.
"Whatever the perception is of internal problems, they will not hurt us in bargaining".
"Whatever the perception, it's a big house to fill, and we're doing an Italian opera in Italian on Broadway," he said.
After I did "Top Gun," people said, "How are you ever going to be able to play different types of characters?" But whatever the perception is of me, that's not my reality.
But, whatever the perception, her pedigree and form are sound, and she had the comfort of knowing her place on the rankings board was guaranteed at 13 by making the final.
"I'm taking nothing for granted," she said at a pumpkin festival in Weymouth, pausing to call out to people on a passing hayride, "Nice to see you!" "Whatever the perception people might have had, I want to change that".
Since the 2015 election, 180,000 people have joined Labour and, whatever the perception of Momentum, the fact that 1,000 people will come out on a cold Wednesday night to listen to other people talking politics proves that something significant is afoot.
Whatever the perception of the parade — and however many headlines it has garnered over the years for associated shootings, crime or death — a spokeswoman for its organizing entity labeled any attempt to blame the parade for the violence as "unfair, so unfair".
