• Dr. Sanjay Kumar

The natural world has been one of the recurring subject of poetry in every age. The various landscapes, its changing seasons, its surrounding phenomena has been an inescapable part of the history of poetry. The Nature poem is affected by ideology, by literary conventions as well as social and cultural ideas. It is frequently written in the first person and incorporates personal observations of and philosophical reflections upon Nature. Modern Nature writing traces its root to the works of natural history that were popular in second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century poets and romantic poets were quite different in terms of employing the concept of Nature. For 18th century poets Nature was only a reality that was there and played no role in the life of human kind. When they make use of Nature they used it in terms of didacticism. The age before Romanticism is called the age of reason age of rationality and many other such names because poets of this era gave major importance to everything that seemed reasonable and rational. Romantics relied on Nature mainly because for them Nature was their teacher , their guide , their source of inspiration. Oliver Goldsmith and William Cowper are the major names of 18th century poets who diverted a bit from old traditional poetry of 18th century. The poem The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith is in a heroic couplet which is rich in external images. In the poem, the poet visits to a country side and mourns over the state of modern society where wealth increases and man goes towards destruction. While describing the village beauty Goldsmith sketches the village scene with the help of trees, flowers, springs, streams , farms, hills , nightingale songs , children and other aspects of Nature. The poem laments at the loss of simple bliss of Nature that is felt by the poor. Like Goldsmith William Copper talks about village images , Nature and simplicity in his poem The Task. His oft – quoted line God made the country and man made the town indicates his love of Nature and simplicity.

Poetic Approaches to the Natural World : A Review

"Poetic Approaches to the Natural World : A Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no.k266-k268, May-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205B34.pdf

"Poetic Approaches to the Natural World : A Review", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 5, page no. ppk266-k268, May-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2205B34.pdf