“The greater part of present-day rhymed verse is devoid of escaping freshness and vitality.”

Arguing that conventional form offers no guarantee of living poetry · Correspondence, A Reply to A. C. H., Poetry, 1919

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“Elaborate sarcasm and much attention are not apt to be symbols of indifferent disgust.”

Noting that energetic contempt is rarely genuine indifference · Correspondence, A Reply to A. C. H., Poetry, 1919

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“Every important creator in reality looks upon himself as the one all-engrossing phenomenon of the universe.”

A provocative claim about ego at the centre of creation · Letter to the editor, Poetry, April 1925

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