Author: Dr. Sudipta Narayan Das Mandal
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.70798/Bijmrd/03110018
Abstract: Modern British poetry reflects the complex realities of twentieth-century life shaped by industrialization, urbanization, war, and rapid social transformation. Poets of the modernist and post-modernist periods sought new ways to represent the fragmented experiences of modern society. Through innovative language, symbolism, and unconventional poetic forms, they portrayed themes such as alienation, urban isolation, loss of tradition, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. This research article examines the representation of modern life in selected British poems, particularly focusing on The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot, The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats, and Church Going by Philip Larkin. The study analyzes how these poems portray the social, cultural, and psychological conditions of modern life. It argues that modern British poetry functions as a powerful literary response to the crises and contradictions of modern civilization, revealing both the anxieties and possibilities of the modern age.
Keywords: Modern British Poetry, Modernism, Urban Life, Alienation, Cultural Crisis, Symbolism.
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