He split poetry into three strands: physical poetry about things, Platonic poetry, which dealt with ideas, and metaphysical poetry, which starts with things and from them generates ideas. In 1930's 'I'll Take My Stand,' he and the other Fugitives criticized the idea that industrialization was the answer to the needs of the South, and in 'The World's Body,' he asserted that
He split poetry into three strands: physical poetry about things, Platonic poetry, which dealt with ideas, and metaphysical poetry, which starts with things and from them generates ideas. In 1930's 'I'll Take My Stand,' he and the other Fugitives criticized the idea that industrialization was the answer to the needs of the South, and in 'The World's Body,' he asserted that poetry and science furnish different but equally valid information about the world. For ten points name this American poet and critic, whose influential 1941 work gave a name to the 'New Criticism.'
He split poetry into three strands: physical poetry about things, Platonic poetry, which dealt with ideas, and metaphysical poetry, which starts with things and from them generates ideas.
John Crowe {RANSOM}