Why we should read poetry.--Poetry as spoken art.--The process of making poetry.--Poetry, imagination, and education.--Walt Whitman and the new poetry.--Emily Dickinson.--Two generations in American poetry.--Weary verse (the Georgians).--Stock-taking, and a particular instance (John Gould Fletcher).--Poetry and propaganda (Carl Sandburg).--The poetry of D. H. Lawrence.--A voice cries in our wilderness (D. H. Lawrence).--John Masefield.--An unfortunate interlude (John Masefield).--A bird's-eye view of Edwin Arlington Robinson
