John Gould Fletcher: Poetry

John Gould Fletcher was American writer. Explore interesting quotes on poetry.

John Gould Fletcher: 12 quotes0 likes

“I should strive (on reading a book of poetry) to evoke the a soul out of this piece of inanimate matter, a something characteristic and structural inherent in this organic form which is friendly to me and responds to my mood.”

John Gould Fletcher

Preface to Goblins and Pagodas, 1916

“It is time to create something new. It is time to strip poetry of meaningless tatters of form, and to clothe her in new, suitable garments.”

John Gould Fletcher

Preface to Irradiations; Sand and Spray, 1915

“Poetry merely descriptive of nature, however vivid, no longer seems enough for me, there has to be added to it, the human judgement, the human evaluation.”

John Gould Fletcher

Life is My Song, John Gould Fletcher, Autobiography, 1937

“To begin with, the basis of English poetry is rhythm, or, as some would prefer to call it, cadence. This rhythm is obtained by mingling stressed and unstressed syllables.”

John Gould Fletcher

Preface to Irradiations; Sand and Spray, 1915