Analysis of The Fallacy of Expressive Form by Yvor Winters

"The problem of causing a form of poetry to die is always the destruction of poetry." Yvor Winters is a modern poet, but he is a traditionalist. Poetry is a beautiful art If you master it properly, you can dig a beautiful emotion from the reader. The correct form, structure, grammar, and prosody are all elements of traditional poetry, but in my opinion they are all elements of a beautiful poem. I show Yvor Winters poetry theory, "Expression flaw" written in 1939. Poetry must traditionally be written using non-traditional songs, white striped seven national forces and traditional poetry.

Over time, the taste shakes and shakes. In the mid-20th century, Paul Valley, T.S. Eliot and Juventus will attack the latter expression mistake, but this is paradoxical on its own. Every form in literature has expressive power. Even though intentionally pursuing that the form is invisible, every expression has its own form. (For example, automatic writing by surrealist suffers from excessive formalism of the unconscious mind and is more rigid than neoclassical Alexander's poetry.) Form simply refers to organization and critique of attack format Keep in mind that homes are always organizing things more than words. He compiled his own experience. Therefore, his organization has extended his psychological process for a long time. The shape is a sign that appears to the outside of the content, the inner spiritual reality

Edgar Bowers (born 1924), born in Georgia, studied at the University of North Carolina and Stanford University, where he studied at Yvor Winters. He is Sewanee Review Fellow and Guggenheim Fellow. He is currently teaching at the University of California at Santa Barbara. His poetry collection is "Lost Forms" (1956) and "Astronomers" (1965). Born in Miami, Florida, Donald Justice (born 1925) studied at the University of Miami. He studied at Stanford University and North Carolina University. I am teaching at Iowa State University. Summer Memorial Day is Lamont's poetry anthology of 1959, followed by the night light of 1967.