“There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.”

Defining the imaginative power required of the epic poet · The Epic, 1914

• Destiny
• Poetry
• Symbolism

“No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.”

Insisting that poetry remains rooted in living speech · The Epic, 1914

• Art
• Poetry
• Speech