Original sentence: Holmes, an outspoken critic of overly-sentimental Transcendentalist and Romantic poetry, often slipped into sentimentality when writing his occasional poetry, but would often balance such emotional excess with humor
Edited sentence: Holmes, an outspoken critic of overly-sentimental Transcendentalist and Romantic poetry, often slipped into sentimentality when writing his occasional poetry, but would often redeem such emotional excess with humor