In the Net of the Stars

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In the Net of the Stars (1909) is the debut poetry collection by F.S. Flint, an English poet and translator known for his involvement in the Imagist movement. The collection primarily features love lyrics, demonstrating the influence of Romantic poets like John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Flint's work, including this early volume, is characterized by a disciplined economy of expression, a hallmark of the Imagist school. This collection was published in the same year Flint and other poets began advocating for free verse and unrhymed cadence over traditional meter.1

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F.S. Flint
Flint’s first volume of poetry, In the Net of the Stars (1909), was a collection of love lyrics, clearly showing the influence of Keats and his contemporary Percy Bysshe Shelley. The same year, he and a group of young poets, all dissatisfied with the state of English poetry, began working…
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Flint’s first volume of poetry, In the Net of the Stars (1909), was a collection of love lyrics, clearly showing the influence of Keats and his contemporary Percy Bysshe Shelley. The same year, he and a group of young poets, all dissatisfied with the state of English poetry, began working…
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