; ▁they ▁were ▁opposed ▁to ▁modern ism , ▁which ▁was ▁reflected ▁in ▁the ▁English ness ▁of ▁their ▁poetry . ▁ ▁The ▁Mov ement ▁spark ed ▁the ▁divisions ▁among ▁different ▁types ▁of ▁British ▁poetry . ▁Their ▁po ems ▁were ▁nost alg ic ▁for ▁the ▁earlier ▁Britain ▁and ▁filled ▁with ▁past oral ▁images ▁of ▁the ▁decay ing ▁way ▁of ▁life ▁as ▁Britain ▁moved ▁farther ▁from ▁the ▁rural ▁and ▁more ▁towards ▁the ▁urban . ▁ ▁Represent ative ▁collections ▁ ▁The ▁Mov ement ▁produced ▁two ▁anth ologies , ▁Po ets ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁( ed ited ▁by ▁D . ▁J . ▁En right , ▁published ▁in ▁Japan , ▁ 1 9 5 5 ) ▁and ▁New ▁L ines ▁( ed ited ▁by ▁Robert ▁Con quest , ▁ 1 9 5 6 ). ▁Con quest , ▁who ▁edited ▁the ▁New ▁L ines ▁anth ology , ▁described ▁the ▁connection ▁between ▁the ▁po ets ▁as ▁" l ittle ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁negative ▁determ ination ▁to ▁avoid ▁bad ▁principles ". ▁These ▁' bad ▁principles ' ▁are ▁usually ▁described ▁as ▁" ex cess ", ▁both ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁theme ▁and ▁sty list ic ▁devices . ▁Po ets ▁in ▁New ▁L ines ▁included ▁En right , ▁Con quest , ▁Kings ley ▁Am is , ▁Donald ▁Dav ie , ▁Thom ▁G unn , ▁John ▁H ollow ay , ▁Elizabeth ▁Jenn ings , ▁Philip ▁L ark in ▁and ▁John ▁W ain . ▁ ▁The ▁po lem ical ▁introduction ▁to ▁New ▁L ines ▁particularly ▁target ed ▁the ▁ 1 9 4