▁was ▁mainly ▁in ▁free ▁verse . ▁His ▁Collect ed ▁Po ems ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁As ▁a ▁critic ▁of ▁literature , ▁Read ▁mainly ▁concerned ▁himself ▁with ▁the ▁English ▁Rom antic ▁po ets ▁( for ▁example , ▁The ▁True ▁Vo ice ▁of ▁Fe eling : ▁Studies ▁in ▁English ▁Rom antic ▁Po etry , ▁ 1 9 5 3 ) ▁but ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁close ▁observer ▁of ▁imag ism . ▁He ▁published ▁a ▁novel , ▁The ▁Green ▁Child . ▁He ▁contributed ▁to ▁the ▁C riter ion ▁( 1 9 2 2 – 3 9 ) ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁a ▁regular ▁art ▁critic ▁for ▁The ▁List ener . ▁ ▁While ▁W . ▁B . ▁Ye ats ▁chose ▁many ▁po ets ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁War ▁generation ▁for ▁The ▁Oxford ▁Book ▁of ▁Modern ▁Ver se ▁( 1 9 3 6 ), ▁Read ▁arg u ably ▁stood ▁out ▁among ▁his ▁pe ers ▁by ▁virtue ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 - page ▁ex cer pt ▁( near ly ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁entire ▁work ) ▁of ▁his ▁The ▁End ▁of ▁a ▁War ▁( F ab er ▁& ▁Fab er , ▁ 1 9 3 3 ). ▁ ▁Read ▁was ▁also ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁art ▁of ▁writing . ▁He ▁c ared ▁deeply ▁about ▁style ▁and ▁structure ▁and ▁summar ized ▁his ▁views ▁in ▁English ▁Pro se ▁Style ▁( 1 9 2 8 ), ▁a ▁primer ▁on , ▁and ▁a ▁philosophy ▁of , ▁good ▁writing . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁on ▁the ▁found