Well, fair, not all of what he wrote is equally cool; perhaps I should've said "fascinating."

I, um, read most verse as prose, which is a pretty good way of getting through PL due to all those portentous enjambments. Bounced as an undergrad, but a few years later I was able to read it with some pleasure when I had to co-teach it. (Dunno re: verse as prose--something weird about how my brain handles music/rhythm, possibly.)