Tennyson, An Unrivalled Lyrical Poet: Tennyson is the greatest lyrical poet between Shelley and Swinburne. He is an unrivalled lyrical genius of his age. He was endowed with all those qualities which made him the supreme lyric poet of his country. Instead of remaining a singer voicing forth the subjective feelings that welled in his … Read more
Tennyson’s Conceiving Nature’s Beauty and Sublimity : Wordsworth was the high priest of Nature. He conceived of Nature as a living force and in his belief each and every object of Nature had a soul of its own. Nature could be better teacher of humanity than books. Wordsworth found in Nature a beautitude and joy. … Read more
Introduction: It is a charge against the whole range of the Victorian poetry that it is imitative and derivative in character. G. D. Klingopulos brings to our notice in his essay The Victorian Scene this derivative character of the Victorian poetry and its dependence on the poetry of the Romantic poets. He says, “There is … Read more
Introduction: In his own times Tennyson was built up into a legend. His popularity amounted almost to hero-worship. He was surrounded by a halo of adoration. As Long observes, “For full half century, he was the voice of England, loved and honoured as a man and a poet, not simply by a few discerning critics, … Read more
Introduction: Thomas Gray is one of the most popular poets in English. He belongs to the age of transition, 18th century is known for its neo- classicism. Pope was the most representative poet of the age. With, the publication of Thomson’s ‘Seasons’ there appeared a phase of change in form of rising romanticism. It changed … Read more
Introduction: Wordsworth was one of the leaders and protagonists of English Romantic Movement. Coleridge and Wordsworth were the two great pioneer leaders who made the transition from classicism to romanticism in poetry during 19th century. The two poets set themselves to two opposite tasks of romanticism. Wordsworth took upon himself to make natural things look … Read more
W. H. Auden A Modern Poet: W. H. Auden is an outstanding modern poet, standing next only to W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot. He justified throughout his career the position he quickly attained as the leader of a generation that followed Yeats and Eliot. He may not be as profound as Yeats … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: “The Lady of Shalott” was first published in the volume of 1833. It was published again in the Volume of 1842, in a much revised and improved form. The changes which Tennyson made show that the poet’s art has matured considerably, and he has acquired full control over his material. The … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: Yeats’ poem “A Prayer for My Daughter” is one of the most celebrated poems ever written by him. It was written at the time when he saw his infant girl on a fiercely stormy day. His eldest child, which was a daughter, was born in January 1919. When the infant was … Read more
Introduction of the Poem: The poem entitled “Because I could Not Stop for Death” is one of the most celebrated poems of Emily Dickinson. It is a lyric poem. It was first published posthumously in 1890 in Poems: Series 1, a collection of Dickinson’s poem assembled and edited by her friends Mabel Loomis Todd and … Read more