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Both Bynner and Ficke were accomplished poets of their time, but the Spectra poems are probably the most widely remembered of their work.

Both authors admitted to the hoax having backfired to a certain extent, as it overshadowed their more serious work.

Nonetheless, Ficke stated that he learned a good deal about composition while writing as Knish, adding that it actually influenced his later work.