...ew, and especially to write verse that I could read just as if it were spoken for the first time. The first impulse kept him close to the wholesome Hoosier soil. The second is an anticipation of Robert Frost 's theory of speech tones as the basis of verse, as well as a revival of the bardic practice of reciting one's own poems. For Riley had much of the actor and platform-artist in him, and comprehended...