Sentence:  If he thus <WSD>achieves</WSD> a lyrical , dreamlike , drugged intensity , he pays the price for his indulgence by producing work - Allen Ginsberg 's `` Howl '' is a striking example of this tendency - that is disoriented , Dionysian but without depth and without Apollonian control . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  to gain with effort