In the following excerpt from her full-length critical study of Wylie's poetry and prose, Farr analyzes poems from Incidental Numbers and Nets to Catch the Wind.

In the following, Gray analyzes Wylie's ability to combine Imagistic techniques and Romantic themes.

In the following excerpt Wright groups Wylie's poems by their imagery and links the images to Wylie's personality.

In the following excerpt from their critical collection, the authors compare Wylie's style to that of other female writers including Edith Wharton, suggesting that Wylie's final sonnets were influenced by Wharton's novel The House of Mirth.

In the following excerpt from his book of historical criticism, Kreymborg discusses the pessimism in some of Wylie's poems.

Waggoner is a scholar noted for his studies of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson. In the following excerpt he discusses Emersonian aspects of Wylie's poetry.

In the following excerpt from a review of The Collected Poems of Elinor Wylie, Zabel faults Wylie's work, assessing it as repetitive and ineffectively ornate.

Monroe was a famous poet and the editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. In the following excerpt, she praises Wylie's poetic skills and ability to capture the essence of passion and spirit in her poems.

In the following excerpt from her collection of critical essays, Deutsch discusses Wylie's metaphysical style in comparison to traditional metaphysical poets.

In the following review of Black Armour, Cowley praises Wylie 's ability to combine "intellect and emotion " and compares her poetry to that of T. S. Eliot.

In the following excerpt from a review of Nets to Catch the Wind, Millay describes Wylie as a poet of abundant talent and excellent taste.

In the following excerpt, Branch offers a complimentary review of Trivial Breath, emphasizing Wylie's intellect and the vivacity of her poems.

In the following review, originally published in the "Critics Almanac" of The Spyglass, Davidson considers Angels and Earthly Creatures to be Wylie's best book of poetry and praises her use of traditional sonnet forms.

In the following excerpt from his collection of critical essays, Southworth faults Wylie's poetry, suggesting that it lacks the necessary quality that would enable it to maintain the status of exceptional literature over time.

Olson is a biographer whose work includes studies of John Singer Sargent. In the following excerpt from his biography of Wylie, Olson provides information about Wylie's life as it informs the themes of her major books of poetry.

In the following excerpt from the Annie Talbot Cole Lecture of Wheaton College, Benét describes his late wife as a "great poet," possessed of a natural talent and love of the English language.

In the following review of Collected Poems of Elinor Wylie, Tate acknowledges Wylie's technical skills but suggests that her poetry lacks distinguishing features that would establish her as a stylistically great poet.

In the following excerpt from her book of feminist criticism, Watts compares Wylie to other female poets, including Edna St. Vincent Millay and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.