Sentence:  Something indirect , mixed , reconciling , tensional might well <WSD>be</WSD> the stratagem , the devious technique by which a poet indulged in all kinds of talk about love and anger and even in something like '' expressions `` of these emotions , without aiming at their incitement or even uttering anything that essentially involves their incitement '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  be identical to; be someone or something