The Little Book of American Poets: 1787-1900 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Little Book of American Poets: 1787-1900

It must be remembered that the technique of poetry changes and that work excellent, even supreme, in its own period. May not meet the standard of ours. Such a standard, however, should not be applied to it. Any art must be judged as the expression of its time, by its value as interpreting the age Which produced it. Form changes less, perhaps, from period to period, than the vision, the spirit of the age. The poet of to-day is con cerned With themes unknown to the poet of yesterday. The subject-matter of poetry has, indeed, undergone so radical a change that it will be interesting to note the diversity in content of The Little Book of Amrican Poets and T he Little Book of M odern Verse.

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