Posted in -26-The-Future-Poetry Index-000_Pre_content Index of Contents The Future Poetry CONTENTS Pre-content THE FUTURE POETRY PART ONE Chapter I The Mantra Chapter II The Essence of Poetry Chapter III Rhythm and Movement Chapter IV Style and Substance Chapter V Poetic Vision and the Mantra Chapter VI The National Evolution of Poetry Chapter VII The Character of English Poetry – 1 Chapter VIII The Character of English Poetry – 2 Chapter IX The Course of English Poetry – 1 Chaucer and the Poetry of External Life Chapter X The Course of English Poetry – 1 Elizabethan Drama Shakespeare and the Poetry of the Life-Spirit Chapter XI The Course of English Poetry – 3 Chapter XII The Course of English Poetry – 4 Chapter XIII The Course of English Poetry – 5 Chapter XIV The Movement of Modern Literature – 1 Chapter XV The Movement of Modern Literature – 2 Chapter XVI The Poets of the Dawn– 1 Chapter XVII The Poets of the Dawn– 2 Byron and Wordsworth Chapter XVIII The Poets of the Dawn– 3 Chapter XIX The Victorian Poets Chapter XX Recent English Poetry – 1 Chapter XXI Recent English Poetry – 2 Chapter XXII Recent English Poetry – 3 Chapter XXIII Recent English Poetry – 4 Chapter XXIV New Birth or Decadence? THE FUTURE POETRY PART TWO Chapter I The Ideal Spirit of Poetry Chapter II The Sun of Poetic Truth Chapter III The Breath of Greater Life Chapter IV The Soul of Poetic Delight and Beauty Chapter V The Power of the Spirit Chapter VI The Form and the Spirit Chapter VII The Word and the Spirit Chapter VIII Conclusion Appendixes to The Future Poetry ON QUANTITATIVE METRE ON QUANTITATIVE METRE Poems in Quantitative Metres NOTE ON THE TEXTS