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I endeavored to arrive at my opinion
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on an objective basis.
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For example,
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a great literary work, or even a fairly great literary work,
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would obviously be exceedingly successful in form,
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but this poem is really just a weak imitation
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of a form that was used 80 to 90 years ago by Walt Whitman.
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And do you recall the name of that poem?
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"Leaves of Grass" was the name of the poem.
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Literary value could also reside in theme,
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and what little literary value there is in "Howl,"
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it seems to me does come in theme.