Thematic Concerns in Contemporary English Poetry

Abstract

This paper attempts to highlight the growth of development of poetry at the most common genre of language since the beginning across the globe. Poetry, as a genre has had itself defined in as many ways as possible over a period of time and poets all over the world have been attempting to showcase the different functions of poetry in through their creative compositions.This paper attempts to highlight the growth of development of poetry at the most common genre of language since the beginning across the globe. Poetry, as a genre has had itself defined in as many ways as possible over a period of time and poets all over the world have been attempting to showcase the different functions of poetry in through their creative compositions. Poetry and poets in all languages have been focusing on the issues of the day ever since poetry became the mode of expressing one’s shut feelings and giving vent to the emotions by way of recollections both the past and experiencing the present as a route to the future. The paper also attempts to bring out the causes of the poets in different periods of time with special reference to English poets and in English poetry.