Those were confusing times for Taiwanese politically. But what can't be denied is that poetry societies were important cultural groups in the Japanese era, tying together some of the most important literary and educational figures.
當時的政治情懷也許錯綜複雜，然而不可否認，日據時代的詩社是台灣重要的文化社團，網羅了文學及教育菁英。