"(The Poet) does not focus on the pleasure of sound, handsome measure, or similes."
Whitman believes wholeheartedly that the poem is defined entirely on its content and not its playful flowery language and literary technique. These things deprive the reader of the reality, the nomina that the poet is so eagerly trying to convey in the poem. It is the path around the path and the manipulation of true theme. Walt Whitman says the best poet must say exactly as he means even if it sounds unpleasant or incorrect. The job of the poet is not to sooth senses but to stimulate them with new realities and stories.
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