罗伯特.克里利认为,情感是诗歌的首要尺度。他同时也信奉其他三个尺度:诗歌是诗人自身现象性的反映,形式是内容的延伸,以及语言即事物。虽然这三个尺度看上去与情感没有直接的联系,但可以证明,它们都服务于情感这一首要尺度。由于克里利在奉行情感是诗歌的首要尺度的同时,也遵循其它三个尺度,所以他表达情感的方式既不是浪漫式的抒情,也不是自白式的直白,而是在忠实于自身意识的基础上,将情感流露于即刻生成的形式和事物般的语言中。 Robert Kerry believes that emotion is the primary measure of poetry. He also believes in the other three dimensions: poetry is the reflection of the phenomenon of the poet itself, the form is the extension of the content, and the language is the thing. Although these three scales do not seem to be directly related to emotion, it can be shown that they all serve the first dimension of emotion. Since Cliveley pursues emotion as the primary measure of poetry and observes the other three dimensions, his way of expressing emotion is neither romantic lyricism nor confession, but faithful to his own consciousness Based on the emotional out in the immediate form and things like the language.