MODERN POETRY
Sir, —The very interesting article by Professor Sewell in Saturday's Supplement prompts mo to cross swords with that able literary authority. The hidebound conservatism of the exponents of the modern theory in poetry is exemplified in tho stand taken by the professor. Apparently, nowadays, poetry is not poetry unless it is written in verse (blank verse), has no capitals, commas or colons, and refers to one of the most melancholy subjects occurring to the mind of man. There are many melancholy subjects—hence the spate of modern verse. The modern poet's opening gambit is usuallv something on the following lines: —"The corpse lay still in the dirty dusk." I am one of those who place "If" on a pedestal as signifying the highest philosophy of life —one subscribed to by so many of our finest Englishmen—and the finest Englishman is one of God's greatest gifts to this earth. P.on Of The Old School.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22618, 5 January 1937, Page 13
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