Both volumes were enthusiastically received and Martin Seymour-Smith described Nye as showing a ``precocity unique in this century''. This view was supported by G. S. Fraser, who in an article in The Times Literary Supplement convincingly established an affinity between Nye's early poetry and that of Robert Graves. To support his continuance as a poet, Nye began to contribute reviews to British literary journals and newspapers.
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