Sentence:  Or , equally often , a concretistic seeming , particularistic seeming statement may consist , with its mundane exterior , in a form of poetry - may be full of meaning and emotion when <WSD>interpreted</WSD> as a figurative expression : a metaphor , a simile , an allegory , or some other symbolic mode of speaking . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  make sense of; assign a meaning to