>Critic Harold Bloom said this of Walt Whitman: "I would

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:10:06 Post No. 7658021 [Report]

>Critic Harold Bloom said this of Walt Whitman: "I would go so far as to nominate him as Abraham Lincoln's only rival for greatest American"

Is this guy fucking serious? Lincoln was a dictator, murderer and set a new low for the presidency. He deserved to be shot. Walt Whitman was a not very exceptional American poet.

Is this what qualifies as an intellectual these days? These two as the greatest Americans that ever lived? Can't wait til this guy dies and just becomes completely forgotten and marginal.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:13:12 Post No.7658027
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:13:12 Post No.7658027 [Report]

If this is the only thing you know of him then sure why not.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:15:11 Post No.7658035
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:15:11 Post No.7658035 [Report]

>>7658021
This bait is quite poor.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:18:22 Post No.7658050
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:18:22 Post No.7658050 [Report]

>>7658021
Say whatever about Whitman, but if that's your opinion of Lincoln, you don't know what you're talking about. Or, maybe, you're just another clueless, radical hick

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:18:27 Post No.7658051
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:18:27 Post No.7658051 [Report]

Can you at least try a little harder. Rape isn't fun if they don't resist.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:19:18 Post No.7658056
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:19:18 Post No.7658056 [Report]

>>7658021
I don't know what Americans see in free verse.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:22:52 Post No.7658069
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:22:52 Post No.7658069 [Report]

>>7658056
What do you see in clumsy rhymesters?

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:26:27 Post No.7658085
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 01:26:27 Post No.7658085 [Report]

>>7658056
Unlike traditional kinds of poetry, free verse allows the writer to play around with rhythms, which allows them to experiment more.

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 02:27:32 Post No.7658251
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 02:27:32 Post No.7658251 [Report]

>>7658021
tfw when your bait fails to rile anyone up

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Anonymous 2016-02-04 02:39:47 Post No.7658311
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Anonymous 2016-02-04 02:39:47 Post No.7658311 [Report]

>>7658021
No you're confused my friend. This board isn't the same as /pol/. It's getting there, but we're not quite ready for this level of bullshit.