"wiː ʃˌʊd lˈʊk fˈɔːɹwɚd æz wˈɛl æz bˈækwɚd," kˈaɪl stˈeɪɾᵻd, "bˌʌt ɪn ɹɪˈælᵻɾi ðə lˈæɾɚɹ ɪz mˈoːɹ nˈɛsᵻsɚɹi ðɐn ðə fˈɔːɹmɚ, ænd ɪɾ ɪz pɚtˈɪkjʊlɚli ᵻsˈɛnʃəl ɪn ɹᵻlˈeɪʃən tʊ ɐ pˈoʊɪt hˌuː mˈeɪ fˈaɪnd ðə tˈaɪmz tˈuː nˈɔɪzi, tˈuː sˈɛlfsˈɛntəd ænd tˈuː sˈɛlfɹˈaɪtʃəs tə hˈiːd hˌɪm".
"We should look forward as well as backward," Kyle stated, "but in reality the latter is more necessary than the former, and it is particularly essential in relation to a poet who may find the times too noisy, too self-centred and too self-righteous to heed him".