(1) `` Almost every poem by Amichai is a statement about the general human condition and Amichai , in a certain sense , is always a philosophical poet '' .
(2) `` Almost every poem by Amichai is a statement about the general human condition and Amichai is , in a sense , always a philosophical poet '' .

Do these two sentences mean the same thing?

Pick from:
(1). no.
(2). yes.
(2).