Sword Blades and Poppy Seed is a collection of poems that showcases Amy Lowell's talent for vivid imagery and emotional depth. Lowell's poems are a mix of free verse and traditional forms, demonstrating her range as a poet. Her use of language is both lyrical and precise, creating a sense of intimacy with the reader.

The themes explored in the poems are wide-ranging, from love and nature to war and death. One of Lowell's strengths is her ability to evoke a strong sense of atmosphere in her work, whether she is describing the beauty of a flower or the brutality of battle. The collection is divided into four sections, each with its own distinct tone and style.

Overall, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed is a powerful and evocative collection that showcases Amy Lowell's unique voice and talent as a poet. Her ability to capture the complexities of human emotion and experience in her work is truly remarkable. This book is a must-read for anyone who appreciates poetry that is both beautiful and thought-provoking.

Book Description:
This is a volume of poems by Amy Lowell, published in 1914. "Against the multitudinous array of daily verse our times produce this volume utters itself with a range and brilliancy wholly remarkable. I cannot see that Miss Lowell's use of unrhymed 'vers libre' has been surpassed in English. Read 'The Captured Goddess', 'Music', and 'The Precinct. Rochester', a piece of mastercraft in this kind. A wealth of subtleties and sympathies, gorgeously wrought, full of macabre effects (as many of the poems are) and brilliantly worked out. The things of splendor she has made she will hardly outdo in their kind." (Josephine Preston Peabody, 'The Boston Herald', 1916)