Wilfed Owen

Wilfred Owen became popular as a poet because of his poetic creation " Anthem for Doomed Youth". He, in this poem, vehemently critisizes the war taking it as a "leading wat' for the youth to the grave. It is quite ironical and really a blunder of his fate that he too was killed in action in the battle field at a very early age. He was born in 1893 in Shropshire.In his childhood, his family moved to Birkenhead.He was the eldest of the family.He was an Angelican.During his school days , he was bright in his studies.He passed matriculation of the University of London.as the first career in his life, he worked as a teacher.In 1915 he was commissioned in the Manchester regiment.It was quite pathetic that Owen bade goodbye to his life at a very young age and was killed one week before the agreement for the ceasefire.

"My subject is war and the pity of war;The poetry is in the pity."

this is pathetic as well as ironic because the cruel war cost his life too.

William Butler Yeats

W.B.Yeats was a poet and a dramatist. He was born in Dublin in 1865, the son of a noted Irish painter. In 1887 They migrated to London.He wrote lyrical symbolic poems on Irish themes, for example, "The Wondering s of Osin" and " Lake Isle of Innis-free"He believed in characteristics of ancient Celts. He also wrote "Celtic Twilight" and the "Secret Rose". on his visit to Ireland, He met the beautiful Irish patriot  Maud Gonne and fell in love with her.For the rest of his life, she inspired him.Yeats returned to Ireland in 1896. There he joined the playwright, Lady gregory and they both started the famouse "Abbey Theater" in 1904. There he devoted to production of plays. Among the plays he produced with Maud Gonne were "Cathleen ni Houlihan" and "Deidre" a tragedy in verse. Later in his life Yeats wrote some more poems such as 

•  The Wing among the reeds
• The shadowy waters
• The Green Hamlet

In his poetry, he displays how much he loved realistic theory. His later poetry was free from self-consciousness.

Wilfred Owen

Wilfed Owen was born on March 1893 in Oswestry,Shropshire,in England. He was the son of Tom and Susan Owen In 1897, the family moved to Birkenhead. His education began at the Birkenhead Institute and continued at the technical school in Shrewsbury. Owen displayed a keen interest in the arts at the very young age and his earliest experiment in poetry began at the age of 17. he failed to enter the University of London and worked as lay assistant to the RevHerbert Wigan at Dunsden.During the latter part of 1914 and early 1915 he became increasingly aware of the magnitude of the war. and joined the British Rifles. There he was badly shell shocked and evacuated to England hospital. It was in this hospital his literary energies increased. He was awarded the Military Cross for bravery for Amiens. But he was killed on the 14th of November while attemptin to lead his men across the Sambre.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Alfred Lord Tennyson was born in 1809 and died in 1892. He is one of the most outstanding of the Victorian poets.His skill is particularly noted with regard to his use of rhythm and rhyme. A good deal of the poems which are enjoyed today, written in his early and early middle periods- among the volumes of 1830, 1832,and 1842. Looking through these poems one notices the influence of Keats. "Mariana" is one such poem. Tennyson also noted for his ability to create atmosphere and landscape. " The Dying Swan" invokes a unique world of the imagination. Tennyson is also remembered for his historical poems set in medieval England. E.g. " Morted' Arthur" recreates the legend of King Arthur.His poem " Charge of the Light Brigade " is based on a real incident during the Crimean war of 1853-1856, when Britain together with France and Turkey fought against Russia. It was fought on Russian territory and so the Russians were at an advantage. Tennyson has praise for the men who fought in this battle.

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet is recognized in much of the world of the greatest of all dramatists.in his plays he communicates a profound knowledge of human behaviour through a wide variety of charactors.He was born in 1564.A sonnet is the art and style of his poetry.It describes a devotion of charactor ,often identifies as the poet himself.His modern reputation is mainly based on his plays he wrote.

(Shylock,Much a do about nothing,As you like it,Twelfth night,Romeo juliet,Julius Ceaser,Hamlet,othello and Macbeth)

Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost followed one significant way confined to him. It is a way of uniting opposites. Then the theme and the materials he took in his poetry are always casual in tone but profound in effect. They are teasing and intense,playful yet deeply penetrating.He can be introduced as a philosophical poet.His famouse remarks on poetry proves it.

         " Poetry begins with delight;but,it ends with wisdom"

His poetry deals with the specific habits,manners and beliefs of the people of New England and scenic beauty of his landscape.He used a very direct and simple language. The strength of his poems is their simplicity.There is always a very human message for his readers.He concentrates on ordinary subject matter, he evokes a wide range of emotions.Most of his poetry is concerned with how people interact with their environment. He saw the beauty of the nature and also its potential dangers.

Jhon Donne (1572-1631)

John Donne was a leading poet and his poetry differs from others.During his time many changes took place in the fields of science,philosophy,religion and politics.As a result English social and intellectual life was passing from medieval to modern.People began todevelop an enquiring mind.On the other hand this new trend broke down the old social order.As a result a great mrlancholy came over the society.The plaque of 1953 that killed thousands of men,women and children worsend this mood.It convinced how helpless people were.The result was the type of poetry that Donne and some other poets wrote.They came to be known as metaphisical poets.Their poetry is logical and soul searching.Donne's poetry depends upon passionate argument.His rhythem shows the stresses and strains of his careful thinking.Sometimes his word order is complicated and uses an additional vowel in spelling.This makes it difficult to understand Donne until we get use to his language.