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The fount of poetic inspiration is not to be found in an archive.
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It is not to be found in Miss Jessie Weston's book on ritual and romance.
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It is not to be found with a bibliography saying "Cambridge."
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That's not where you find the fount of the great poem.
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The footnote to Howl says that the source of Howl--
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that's what footnotes are; they're an indication of the source--
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it says that the source of the poetry is that holy,
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lived experience, and a particular slice of lived
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experience: the formerly rejected, the indecorous, the ecstatic.
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I noticed that several of you were smiling, in a way,
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as I read, that suggested you were embarrassed by the performance.
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Right?