On English Poetry Being an Irregular Approach to the Psychology of This Art, from Evidence Mainly Subjective

"On English Poetry" by Robert Graves is a book that studies the heart and mind behind creating poems during the start of the 1900s. Graves looks at the push and pull between making poetry on the spot and carefully planning it out, while also considering emotions. The book starts with Graves' thoughts on the two sides of poetry. He talks about how poetry can come from your unconscious mind and how poetry can be made by thinking it through. He uses comparisons to show how emotional conflicts can help shape poetry and get into poetic theory. Graves tries to break down and understand the mysterious parts of poetry while accepting how much it can affect what people feel and how they show it.