• DR VISHNULOK BIHARI SRIVASTAVA

Nostalgia -wishful longing for something removed and attractive- is one of the dominant traits of modern English poetry. It would be too much to assign the reason of the longing for otherworldliness to the devastations of the second world war II ,because this kind of longing is found in the romantic poets, also, particularly in Shelley and Keats. Shelley in his lyrical drama “Prometheus Unbound” borrowed the materials of his poems from the Greek legend associated with Prometheus and longed for a world which would be free from suzerainty, oppression and tyranny and where everybody would breathe a sigh of relief and the master passion would be mutual trust, sympathy and love. Keats in his poem ‘Ode to a nightingale' imagined of immortality symbolized in the nightingale. Captivated by the melodious note of the nightingale, he desired to transport himself to a world where there would be no pain, disease or death,

NOSTALGIA IN MODERN ENGLISH POETRY

"NOSTALGIA IN MODERN ENGLISH POETRY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 1, page no.1518-1527, January-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1801271.pdf

"NOSTALGIA IN MODERN ENGLISH POETRY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 1, page no. pp1518-1527, January-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1801271.pdf