CRTTICISM
Calvin S. Brown (essay date 1948)
SOURCE: "The Poetry of Conrad Aiken," in Music and Literature: A Comparison of the Arts, The University of Georgia Press, 1948, pp. 195-207.
[In the following essay, Brown discusses the musical techniques that Aiken used in his early poetry and remarks that unlike many other poets who claim to rely on music, Aiken does so extensively and accurately.]
Probably no poet has been more concerned with music than Conrad Aiken, or has used it more fruitfully. The interest is visible even in the titles...
Source: Poetry Criticism, ©1999 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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