A poem needs imaginative rhythms as well as imaginative transformation of content. Author: Helen Vendler Copy Quote More from Helen Vendler “In the final analysis, it is not critics who create literary canons, it is othe…” “Without play at many levels of language, from phonemes to logical structures, a…” “One could say that artists are people who think naturally in highly patterned w…” “Each poem leads you to the questions it makes sense to ask it.”