▁proto - exist ential ist ▁think er ▁Max ▁St ir ner . ▁ ▁From ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁to ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁Read ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁N orton ▁Professor ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University . ▁For ▁the ▁academic ▁year ▁ 1 9 6 4 – 6 5 ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁Fellow ▁on ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁the ▁Center ▁for ▁Advanced ▁Studies ▁of ▁Wes ley an ▁University . ▁ ▁Po etry ▁Read ' s ▁conception ▁of ▁poetry ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁his ▁ment ors ▁T . ▁E . ▁H ul me , ▁F . ▁S . ▁Fl int , ▁Marian ne ▁Moore , ▁W . ▁C . ▁Williams , ▁bel ieving ▁ ▁' true ▁poetry ▁was ▁never ▁speech ▁but ▁always ▁a ▁song ', ▁quoted ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁his ▁definition ▁' What ▁is ▁a ▁Po em ▁' ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁ess ay ▁of ▁that ▁name ▁( in ▁his ▁End word ▁to ▁his ▁Collect ed ▁Po ems ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 6 ). ▁Read ' s ▁' Ph ases ▁of ▁English ▁Po etry ▁' ▁was ▁an ▁evolution ary ▁study ▁seeking ▁to ▁answer ▁met aph ys ical ▁rather ▁than ▁p rag m atic ▁questions . ▁ ▁Read ' s ▁definit ive ▁guide ▁to ▁poetry ▁however , ▁was ▁his ▁' ▁Form ▁in ▁Modern ▁Po etry ' ▁which ▁he ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 ▁A . ▁S . ▁Collins ▁the ▁literary ▁critic ▁said ▁of ▁Read