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Art is a human activity but its distinctiveness lies in being independent. A poet as an artist ha... more Art is a human activity but its distinctiveness lies in being independent. A poet as an artist has certainly some initial motivating impulse, albeit love for women, country, God, world, Nature etc. This artistic impulse is free from the set norms and social conventions. What urges an artist to express an inner excitement, restlessness, and compulsion to express the inexpressible experiences to the external world. Poetry is a pure art, because it serves as an ultimate medium for the ineffable experiences and observations particularly when a mystic poet who feels pain to give vent to his spiritual achievements. The present paper tries to illustrate such mystic experiences that have tempted the mystic poets to use poetry as an artistic expression. Though there is a lot of work done on mysticism and mystic poetry but my paper has a distinct perspective and throws light on the mystic tendencies of some of the great English mystic poets mentioned in the paper. All art in all times has bee...
Art is a human activity but its distinctiveness lies in being independent. A poet as an artist ha... more Art is a human activity but its distinctiveness lies in being independent. A poet as an artist has certainly some initial motivating impulse, albeit love for women, country, God, world, Nature etc. This artistic impulse is free from the set norms and social conventions. What urges an artist to express an inner excitement, restlessness, and compulsion to express the inexpressible experiences to the external world. Poetry is a pure art, because it serves as an ultimate medium for the ineffable experiences and observations particularly when a mystic poet who feels pain to give vent to his spiritual achievements. The present paper tries to illustrate such mystic experiences that have tempted the mystic poets to use poetry as an artistic expression. Though there is a lot of work done on mysticism and mystic poetry but my paper has a distinct perspective and throws light on the mystic tendencies of some of the great English mystic poets mentioned in the paper. All art in all times has bee...