"Prose will be used for the more objective branches of writing- novels, plays, essays..Cadence will be used for personal, emotional, lyrical utterances in which the phrasing goes with a stronger beat and the words live together with an intense flame."
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F. S. Flint
Frank Stuart Flint (December 19, 1885 β February 28, 1960) was an English poet and translator who was a prominent member of the group.
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