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part i Inventing the New Verse I had looked upon poetry as truly doomed, until the new poets rose above the horizon. I was sick unto death of the endless archaisms, the tedious harpings back, the spineless submission to fetters. The new poets (yourself and the others) have cleared the air. Thank God poetry is still possible. —Edward Alden Jewell to Louis Untermeyer, November 30, 1915 One had to be a poet indeed a quarter of a century ago to endure the attacking obloquy. One had to care. Nowadays it is as natural and as reputable to write verse as to have one’s shoes polished. —Witter Bynner to Eunice Tietjens, May 27, 1923 Newcomb_How_text.indd 7 12/15/11 4:06 PM Newcomb_How_text.indd 8 12/15/11 4:06 PM ...

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