Synthesis Essay Prompt #2

"I think the great poet, who is going to come, is going to be the poet who can see in a single grass blade--a single surviving grass blade--heaven and earth, or the lost paradise....So the poet who is going to be the great poet of the future is going to be that poet who can tell us what the last grass blade, popping up through the cement means--really."

I don't know what else I can say about this quote/prompt.  The quote seems to imply that great poets must be Romantic poets, poets who see much more in nature than simply a blade of grass, for example.  One could discuss the views of Romantic poets expressed in their poetry and "prove" their importance within the context of our "advanced," industrial world.  This quote also expresses a bit of doom.  The suggestion that at one point in the future there will be only one grass blade is a bit of a social sci-fi type prediction.  From this perspective, a discussion of Brave New World might be useful.  How is Brave New World society a one-grass-blade-world, and how might a Romantic poet be of use to the people of Brave New World (from our perspective, not theirs)?  Or considering where our world is heading (not to sound too glum), how might the Romantic perspective assist us in avoiding the future of Brave New World?  Food for thought.