A Study of Poetry

This study examines poetry's nature and methods, surveying its historical background and advocating a genetic approach that traces a threefold process of impression, transforming imagination, and expression. It treats the province of poetry, the poet's imaginative powers and word choices, and formal techniques such as rhythm, metre, rhyme, stanza forms and free verse. A second part focuses on lyric poetry, outlining its types, relationships, and the interplay of race, epoch and individual temperament while evaluating contemporary tendencies. Notes, illustrations, an appendix and a bibliography provide practical guidance for classroom use and further reading.