Pre-Romantic Poetry

     ·       Pre-Romantic Poetry:

The pre-romantic poets consists of Thomas Garry. James Thomson,William Collins,William Cowper and even William Blake was a drastic departure from the Neo-Classical order and reaction against the school of Dr. Sammuel Johnson. Some of the chief feature of the pre-romantic poetry can be listed down in the fallowing manner:

a.     A sharp reation against the neo-classical form and contains of literature,

b.     Return to nature,

c.      Return to feelings and emotion,

d.     Cult of romance,

e.      Interest in middle ages and,

f.       Romantic melancholy and convictional diction.

The pre-romantic poetry reacted against the popian couplet and made an experiment in blank verse and Spenserian stanzas. James Thomson in his ‘Season’, William Cowper in his ‘The Task’, William Blake in his ‘Elegy’ picturized the various mood and sights of nature. The pre-romantic poets also retuened to feelings, strong emotion, and aspiration.