"It will be seen that what I desire of a poem is a clear understanding of motive, and a just evaluation of feeling; th…"

"We may say that a poem in the first place should offer us new perceptions, not only of the exterior universe, but of …"

"Now verse is more valuable than prose … for the simple reasons that its rhythms are faster and more highly organized …"

"To say that a poet is justified in employing a disintegrating form in order to express a feeling of disintegration, i…"

"I mean to indicate the reading of poetry not merely for the sensual ear, but for the mind's ear as well; yet the mind…"

"Poetry, as nearly as I can understand it, is a statement in words about a human experience, whether the experience be…"

"The rain of matter upon sense Destroys me momently. The score: There comes what will come."

"Metal, intrinsic value, deep and dense, Preanimate, inimitable, still, Real, but an evil with no human sense, Dispers…"

"What end impersonal, what breathless age, Incontinent of quiet and of years, What calm catastrophe will yet assuage T…"

"The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber marg…"