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• ‟ From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not.

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• ‟ American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet.

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• ‟ Distinctly American poetry is usually written in the context of one's geographic landscape, sometimes out of one's cultural myths, and often with reference to gender and race or ethnic origins.

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• ‟ American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.

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• ‟ I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

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