罗伯特·克里利于1960年强调诗歌的语言应该自足地存在,而不应只成为表达意义的中介。在他看来,语言不一定要指示事物或物体,语言可以自成风景,除了表现自身外不表现其他。研读克里利20世纪五六十年代的诗歌,可以发现他通过阻碍语言和现实的联系、直接以言行事、削弱语言的主观性以及使用形式技巧等手段,践行自己关于诗歌语言的观点。他的语言观对其后的语言派诗人有着重要的影响。 In 1960 Robert Kerrilli emphasized that the language of poetry should be self-sufficient rather than merely an intermediary of meaning. In his opinion, the language does not necessarily indicate things or objects, the language can become its own scenery, and does not represent anything but the expression itself. Studying Kerry’s poetry in the 1950s and 1960s reveals that he practices his own views on the language of poetry by hindering the connection between language and reality, directly acting in words, weakening the subjectivity of language and using formal skills. His view of language has an important influence on the later linguistic poets.