F. S. Flint — a remark

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“As regarding rhythm: to compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome.”

Advocates flexible, speech-like musical movement in verse · Essay “Imagisme” (1913)

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F. S. Flint

19 December 1885–28 February 1960

Frank Stuart Flint was born on December 19, 1885, in Islington, London, into circumstances that would have crushed a lesser spirit but instead forged one of the most influential yet underappreciated figures in early twentieth-century English literature. He died on February 28, 1960, leaving behind a legacy that Ford…

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