How a poem does come into the mind of the poet?
How does a poet get his poems? Or, rather, how do poems come into the mind of the poet? That is not an easy question to answer. But it may be interesting to find out something about it.
How does a poet get his poems? Or, rather, how do poems come into the mind of the poet? That is not an easy question to answer. But it may be interesting to find out something about it.
The poet has in an extraordinary degree the gift of imagination, or vision. He seems to be endowed with a sixth sense.
Romanticism in English poetry is a reaction against neo-classical formalism of the 18th Century. The literary ideal of 18th Century England was bound by tradition, one ruled by formal observance of ancient modes and conventions. This was the natural outcome of an aristocratic outlook on life, which tried to hold fast to tradition.
Definition of poetry has always been a ticklish job, 'just as life escapes the scalpels of the anatomist’; similarly poetry escapes the scope of definition. It is as difficult to cram 'poetry' within the limits of a definition as difficult as to capture the essence of a flower.
What is poetry and how does it differ from other forms of literature such as the drama, biography, fiction etc. no doubt you would seek a definition of poetry. Would you search for some definition of poetry you would find many, in fact as many as to land you in a maze.