In most poetry, it is the connotations and the baggage that words carry (the weight of words) that are most important. These shades and nuances of meaning can be difficult to interpret and can cause different readers to hear a particular piece of poetry differently.
Empathy is the ability to share and understand the emotions of others. It is a construct of multiple components, each of which is associated with its own brain network. There are three ways of looking at empathy. First there is affective empathy. This is the ability to share the emotions of others.
It is a common misconception that a psychopath is not capable of empathy. A simplified definition of empathy is the ability to walk around in someone else's shoes. By this definition, psychopaths are actually quite skilled at this. Which is what makes them so dangerous.