The New York Times

BOOKS OF VERSES, BOTH OLD AND NEW; They Are Many, and Dramatic Poetry and Ballads Seem to be the Preferred Forms.

For poetry-dramatic poetry above all-is no more the vision of a life that is dead than it is a criticism of the life that now is. Rather it is interpretation-life itself got into perspective, so that ...
The Atlantic

Poetry and the Stage

READERS whose interest persists in the parlous question of the modern stage are likely to have read, not long ago, Mr. Gosse’s essay in the Atlantic Monthly on Poetic Drama, and Mr. Corbin’s article ...
The New York Times

BOOKS OF VERSE OF THE NEW YEAR; The Tendency Toward Dramatic Form in Poetry Continues as a Marked Feature of the Latest Publications.

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The Atlantic

The Three Voices of Poetry

“The first is the voice of the poet talking to himself—or to nobody. The second is the voice of the poet addressing an audience, whether large or small. The third is the voice of the poet when he ...