He also argued that the vast majority of American poets were cut off from the unconscious mind, that their verse was prosaic and lacked "imagination," and that they viewed the world in materialistic, strictly intellectual, and overly objective, "impersonal" terms.
He believed that many American poets were disconnected from their subconscious, that their poetry lacked creativity, and that they perceived the world through a purely materialistic, intellectually focused lens, devoid of personal emotion or depth.