Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet. John Crowe Ransom attemptcriticdemand Change image and share on social
But we moderns are impatient and destructive. John Crowe Ransom destructiveimpatientmodern Change image and share on social
Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history. John Crowe Ransom formfreehistory Change image and share on social
And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious. John Crowe Ransom conditionperfectlypoetry Change image and share on social
Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year's prospect fairly chills his daunting breast. John Crowe Ransom breastchillcontent Change image and share on social
Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes. John Crowe Ransom accentaccidentdiscoverable share on social
And yet what is Modernism? It is undefined. John Crowe Ransom modernismundefined Change image and share on social
He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form. John Crowe Ransom developdistinguishevent Change image and share on social
Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent - into their otherwise sober documents. John Crowe Ransom centdocumentexcess Change image and share on social
When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble. John Crowe Ransom criticgroundpoet Change image and share on social
