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The point is that any piece of Impressionism, whether it be prose, verse or painting, or sculpture, is the record of the impression.

— F. S. Flint

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My own unryhmed cadences , and those of other writers are a reversion to the real English tradition of Cynewulf.

Otherworld Cadences (1920)

I have followed my ear and my heart, which may be false. I hope not.

The poem, a harmonious flow of nuances, demands a musical rhythm, Vers libre.

Swinburne gave the coup de grace to English rhyme.

Otherworld Cadences (1920)

The natural cadence of our emotions are the driving force behind our poetic expressions.

Otherworld Cadences (1920)

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