I never did plow through the entire thing. After a while the shtick becomes forced and obvious. Pick a poem - almost any poem - and find something in the construction which, particularly when taken entirely out of context, either calls attention to itself or can be demonstrated to adhere to a certain pattern. Then wrinkle your little nose, purse your little lips, and sneer.
The main point appears to be to give the compilers a chance to show their fellow MFA's how well read and superior they are.
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