On English poetry

So far I had concealed the poverty of my inspiration well enough, I flattered myself, but here we were stuck, my self-conscious muse and I. What was a pleasing diminutive of _dr...

An objection will be raised to the term “universal” as applied to the audience for poetry; it is a limited universality when one comes to consider it. Most wise poets intend the...

The power of surprise which marks all true poetry, seems to result from a foreknowledge of certain unwitting processes of the reader’s mind, for which the poet more or less deli...

Poe’s account of the series of cold-blooded deliberations that evolved “The Raven” is sometimes explained as an attempt in the spirit of “Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you...

The difficulty of remaining _loyal_, which I mention elsewhere, is most disastrously increased, but the poet finds a certain compensation in the excitement of doing the quick ch...

The language of science makes a hieroglyphic, or says “The sign of Aquarius”; the language of prose says “A group of stars likened by popular imagery to a Water Carrier”; the la...

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The poets of old Each with his pen of gold Gloriously writing Found no need for fighting, In common being so rich; None need take the ditch, Unless this Chaucer beats That Chauc...