History of Contemporary Indian English Poetry -An Appraisal (original) (raw)

write with conviction and pragmatic outlook. Above poets, also take birth in 'the 3 rd , 4 th and 5 th decade of 20 th century except Krishna Srinivas. They also depict sufferings, agonies and pains of man and society but faith in the capacity of man makes them hopeful of future. They cultivate He simply amazes in Revelation, and images stuns. Someone leaping from the rocks Past me ran with windblown locks Like a startled bright surmise Visible to mortal eyes, Just a cheek of frightened rose That with sudden beauty glows, Just a footstep like the wind And a hurried glance behind, And then nothing,-as a thought Escapes the mind ere it is caught. This rage of dusty Delirium Gripping Paris, London, Manhattan Racing to clash of fiery flesh sweating unrest And drunken reel of aching art Must crash with a bang Whose pealing thunders Will crush to dust the house of lust And make man a man And woman a woman' He says in Dance of Dust. Poetic Scenario-A Little before 1920 and after  99 Here, verses speak of a bright future for Indian English poetry, and the poets demonstrate reasonably adroit use of language, deftness and authentic hold on idiom, nuances, metaphors, similes and symbols, striking intellectual power and social awareness with a few sporadic aberrations and quirks. Passionate probe into the realities of metaphysical world, the psychological and the philosophical areas of man's life and existence, taunt and discomfort poets. The scope and sweep of poetry consistently and frequently expands limits and therefore, the poets assert presence with authority and confidence. Lyricists of this period belong to various regions of the country and therefore, it is difficult to make an exhaustive list of poets engaged in the art of poetry writing, who serve its cause with devotion and passion. Some poets of earlier period still write verses with zeal, even as new poets record presence. Notable poets, who appear a little earlier and after 1980 like