Evening star., 1925-05-28

Since the death of Amy Lowell the
apostle of free verse and a leader
of the modern school of poetry, es
Inmates of her contributions to liter
ature show widespread appreciation
of her work, both as a poet and as
a writer of one of the worlds great
biogra phies. Her study OF John Keats
is recognized as inspired and she is
applauded as one who vitalized Gre
ative writing.
"If Amy Lowell had died before
giving to the world her monumental
biography Of Keats" says the At
lanta Journal, "she would still be re-
membered as among Americas fore
most women of letters. Keenly crit
ical, she possessed also q genius for
poetic craftsmanship that produced
singularly charming verse. What
ever may be said of her polemics
Of vers ibre (and to our way OF
thinking, her steel deserved a better
cause), there is no denying the subtle
music of her own cadences or the
skilled hand behind her word etch-
ings."
A further tribute to the distinction
of her work is given by the Hartford
Times. "As poet and critic" the
Times observes, Miss Lowell will
remain a significant and compelling
pleted only a few weeks before her
death, is an honest and inspired pen
etration into the soul Of a much mis-
understood and falsely condemned
man. Her translations from the Chi
nese make a distinct contribution to
the worlds scholarship. Her original
poetry is. at it's best, among the
finest and most moving and most
vivid poetical literature"
The breadth of her work is pointed
out by several critics. "She represented
scholarship and tradition" in the opin-
ion of the Chicago Daily News, which
continues: Even in presenting a
scholarly subject. as in her biography
Of John Keats, she proved herself able
to combine Journalism with erudition,
and to leave no angle Of human inter.
est unexploited." The Los Angeles
Times also emphasizes the fact that
"she afforded the exhibition of a sin
gular anomaly in that, while she was
q deep student Of literature, one who
made the most laborious researches,
she had the temperament Of a blithe.
carefree skylark, singing for the sake
of song" The broad field that she
touched with her genius also is recog-
| nized by the Erie Dispatch Herald.
with the comment: mot only has the
country lost a great poet, but a fear
| less critic of both our literary and So
cial life''
mo more delicate touch or greater
appreciation of beauty existed among
our cotemporary poets," declares the
Cincinnati Times-Star. "She could
| write lines of fairy tracery. A woman
| Of great wealth and energy. Miss Low
| ell used her leisure in the develop
| ment Of the new poetry, meanwhile
| writing many beautiful things in the
| meter Of the DID," The Reading Trib-
| une adds: "She will go down in his
| tory as the writer Of emotional verse
possessing charm and excellence of ex-
| preston"
Miss Lowell's position Of leadership
| Is acknowledged by the San Francisco
Bulletin. She was "the mother of mod
| ern American verse;" according to the
| judgment OF the Bulletin, "and it was
with material pride and fostering care
she watched it grow into q lusty, even
| though not a specially lyrical man
hood. Some Of her free verse is as
beautiful as one could wish, and as
proving that she was a poet she now
and then accepted the limitations of
traditional poetry and wrote beati
fully" The st. Paul Dispatch adds
| that "she lent the new poetic the au.
j thority of her own tradition and claim
1 ed for It serious attention which
without her courageous champion