The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?
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Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet.
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They know they cannot at once, waiving all immunities, realize the standards of style and at the same time meet the requirements of their meter.
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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.
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Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history.
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