On English poetry

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...