The poem's title?

[goldwatch]

There's a thread over at HoD that Iceman started claiming there's a title to the poem.

dalneitzel.com/2017/07/04/the-nine-clues-76/#comment-278335

While I don't agree with Iceman's conclusion, it got me to wondering (into dangerous territory? lol).

In the responses, JDA says:

Iceman – I think that you are mistaken. Here on Dal’s site – Forrest Gets Mail From a Middle School – Forrest was asked, and answered the following:
“Did you name the poem The Thrill of the Chase?"
"No. I forgot to name it."

Ok, Forrest says that a lot. That he "forgot". And I've come to think that things like that are a hint that there's a hint there.

Later on JDA again, says:

IF – The Thrill of the Chase IS the title, wouldn’t it be directly above the poem, and have NO words separating the title and the poem? Just logical Iceman – Please give it some consideration. Forrest says he didn’t name it – why do you insist that he did? – NOT LOGICAL!!! JDA

Ok, so lets see what Forrest did say just before the poem...

And like Eric Sloane, at age almost eighty, I figured it was time to act. So I wrote a poem containing nine clues that if followed precisely, will lead to the end of my rainbow and the treasure.

The poem follows immediately after that.

"My Rainbow And The Treasure."

And what is at the end of the poem?
"I give you title to the gold".

So could it be that Forrest hinted this by his usual tricks? ("I forgot" and alternate interpretations?)
Could the title of the poem actually be "My Rainbow And The Treasure"?

Now, there's another trick here. He didn't capitalize the title as he wrote it.
Forrest seems to make multiple use of the things he says. So he used it both ways at once, thus not requiring a capitalization of the words that make up the title of his poem.

I know this is very debatable. And I'm not sure of it myself.
But if it is the case, I'm certain that what we would find is more uses of the supposed title in this same way, in other postings, "Words", and/or Scrapbooks.

[lookinup]

It was 2012 when Forrest Fenn contributed the following article to Newsweek Magazine.  The title of that article?:


www.newsweek.com/where-treasure-lies-64435

[goldwatch]

Great catch, lookinup.

As usual, FF hiding multiple clues, in my opinion.

[Jenny]

Fun!

And when one solves the poem for the location, and finds the treasure, they know it......

[robjohnson]

Thank you for the thread.

I think you are on to something.

[Deleted]

I am going to name it "The Peggy" or "The March Brown Nymph"

[me9]

Where the Treasure Lies

Somewhere in the Mountains North of Santa Fe

[goldilocks]

To the Gold

[Bownarrow]

The last line of the peom is "I give you title to the gold"

Could this line mean something else other than being given rightful ownership of the gold/chest?

This line can also be interpreted as : I give you title of the poem or I give you title of the book

Of the two interpretations the one that I like best is : I give you title of the book

Why?

The location I have been lead to by the poem is also marked on the map of the Allegorical map of the Siege of the Castle of Love, and can also be equated with the title of the book.  So three different lines of inquiry cross at one place -i.e. where all the lines meet.

If the location could also be equated with the title of the book, it would be a powerful confirmer that you might be in the right place.

The alternative interpretation : I give you title of the poem  seems less likely as the poem has no given title and so the title of it cannot be equated with a spot. 

In this way the fact that the poem has no title actually serves a purpose.