Modern+British+Poetry

Modern British Poetry from 1900 to now

Modern style is shown by using new forms and styles that differs from the styles of past generations. They rely heavily on on images as symbols and focus the content of their poems on the "troubling questions of modern life." This includes issues based on social, economic and political issues.

The era of modern British poetry can be broken into three generations-

1930s-40s- The Auden Generation

These poets focus on polical and social issues by using symbolism and imagry.

1950s-60s- The Movement

They tried to caption everyday experiances in "common but tightly wrought language."

Contemporary

Contemporary poets used strong visonary intensity in their poems to get their point across.

Some major poets from 1900 to today are...

Larkin Smith Redgrove Thomas Hughes Heaney Boland Hardy Levertov Auden Reed