In her prolific work as a scholar and essayist-laying the "laborious foundations," as she called it-Kathleen Raine spent little effort elucidating her meaning as a poet; but it becomes evident to any attentive reader that These labors give a resonant indication of the premises and values that inform her craft-on which, as a poet, she proceeded and wished finally to be judged.
If there is to be a worthy-if belated-critical assessment of Kathleen Raine\'s poetry, it must of necessity proceed on.
In her prolific work as a scholar and essayist-laying the "laborious foundations," as she called it-Kathleen Raine spent little effort elucidating her meaning as a poet; but it becomes evident to any attentive reader that These labors give a resonant indication of the premises and values that inform her craft-on which, as a poet, she proceeded and wished finally to be judged
