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Our contempt for any particular poem must be perfect, be total, because only a ruthless reading that allows us to measure the gap between the actual and the virtual will enable to to experience, if not a genuine poem — no such thing — a place for the genuine, whatever that might mean.
Ben Lerner The Hatred of Poetry actual contempt experience gap genuine

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LIE 1421 clues
GAP 498 clues
POEM 468 clues
TOTAL 362 clues
GENIUS 212 clues
MEASURE 151 clues
SKILL 144 clues
GENUINE 120 clues
CONTEMPT 118 clues
PERFECT 110 clues
EXPERIENCE 89 clues
ACTUAL 80 clues
CLIMATE 68 clues
READING 52 clues
RUTHLESS 32 clues
PARTICULAR 27 clues
ECOSYSTEM 18 clues
SUICIDE 16 clues
VIRTUAL 16 clues

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Unscramble BEN3-letter words that start with B3-letter words that end in N3-letter words containing EN3-letter words containing NE3-letter words with B and E
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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