Word: poem
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...February Monthly contains four sonnets, seven other poems, a story, two other prose articles, two editorials, and a review of a book. At no time in my remembrance have the undergraduates shown a more active interest in writing verse, or written better verse, than they are writing today: yet in this number of the Monthly the verse is more conspicuous for quantity than for quality. Mr. Hillyer's though not his best, is the best in the number. His lines "To a Portrait of Marguerite de Normandie" are in part quite worthy of him; but the second half...
...Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize, consisting of $100 and a silver medal, for the best poem on a subject or subjects annually to be chosen and announced by a committee of the Department of English," will this year be given for a poem on the subject, "Josiah Royce." Each poem should not exceed 50 lines, should bear an assumed name, and should be accompanied by a sealed letter containing the true name of the writer and superscribed with the assumed name...
...single artistic achievement of this book is the subtle suggestion of war that runs through it. From the first poem, in which we come to the river-dock at day-break, to the last poem, in which we rise before dawn to take an early train away from the ancient city, there is the quiet echo of fighting that is more impressive for its quietness...
...verse in the number "The Ascetic Speaks," by Mr. Paulding, is clearly the best. It shows, contrary to an opinion of happily decreasing prevalence, that the new free-verse form and genuine poetic expression are not incomparable. The poem possesses a depth of thought and feeling coupled with a delicacy of expression which is less noticeable in Mr. Cowley's "To a Chance Acquaintance." The sonnet by Mr. Rickaby is buoyant in tone and complete in execution. "The Arthropoda," by Mr. Rogers, represents a mingling of "cold blue science with a puikish dream divine" which has at least the merit...
...other concerts of the series will be given Thursday evenings, January 11, February 1, February 22, March 22 and April 26. Tickets for each concert are on sale at Kent's Bookstore for one dollar. The program for this evening follows: Symphony in C-minor Haydn Symphonic Poem, "Wallenstein's Camp" Smetana Concerto in A-major, No. 2, for pinafore and orchestra Liszt Overture to "The courier Berlioz