“In the poetry of fancy and of the imagination, there is poetry that lulls and lifts, and soothes with music and pictures.”

Distinguishes imaginative and musical poetry from the more demanding poetry he regarded as greatest · Across Spoon River

• Imagination
• Music
• Poetry

“The way to get Whitman's beauty is to consider his comprehension, the multiverse that he sees, the love for nature that stirs him with such mystical simplicity of heart.”

Praises Whitman's expansive vision, simplicity and profound relationship with nature · Essay on Walt Whitman

• Beauty
• Nature
• Poetry

“It is the poetry which proves the laws of the spirit of man.”

Sees poetry as a way of revealing fundamental truths about human nature · Across Spoon River

• Humanity
• Poetry
• Truth