Quote#Poetry
What is new poetry? The difference is not mere details of form,…
Quote byHarriet Monroe · 1860–1936
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The New Poetry (1918).
English (original)
What is new poetry? The difference is not mere details of form, measure rhyme schemes or diction, but a return to contemporary speech, thought, imagination and spiritual life, coupled with oriental (Japan & China) and cosmopolitan influences ,and a direction of vision, with perfection of form and delicacy of feeling.
— Harriet Monroe
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