![]() ![]() ![]() This decision mattered - and, today, still matters - for the way in which it blurred the lines between what we call poetry and what we label prose. Struck by their poetic sensibility, Yeats lifted them from the text, added line breaks, and declared them a seminal work of modern English poetry. Yeats came across these lines in a passage of Pater’s analytic prose. Well, because the poem wasn’t actually a poem. A relatively traditional poet, Yeats opened the anthology with a startling choice - a poem by Walter Pater, entitled “Mona Lisa.” With this inclusion, Yeats delivered a decisive statement on poetry. Yeats edited the Oxford Book of Modern Verse. ![]()
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