The modern age in English literature started from the beginning of 20th century,and it followed the Victorian age.The most important characteristic of literature is that it is opposed to the genera attitude to life and its problems adopted by victorian writers and the public which may be termed 'victorian'.The young people during the first decade of 20th century regarded the victorian age as hypocritical,and the victorian ideals as mean,stupid..

Themes.
1.negation of voice.
2.hatred toward subjectivity.
3.confused and neurotic mind.
4.Fear from death,destruction.
5.World war themes.
6.Science ,a new religion.
7. Love as confused-lust.

Modern poetry,of which T.S Eliot is chief representative,has followed entrirely a different tradition from the Romantic and victorian tradition of poetry..shakespeare and Milton were assiagned as genuine because they present blend of romance and reason in their narration.

Besides these preconceptions,a study of 19 th century poetry reveals the fact that its main characteristic was preoccupation of dream world.so 20th century poets ruthlessly criticized them.

THE IMAGISTS.

The first revold against romanitic tradition came from a group called ThE IMAGISTS. The poetic revolution engineered by The IMAGISTS, WHich began in the years immediately proceding the first world ward and encouraged T(homas)S(terne).Eliot' The Waste land'These poets negate self expression and professed for proper meaning in language.The originator T.E.hulme was killed in war in 1917.Ezra pound,came from America like Eliot founded this movement on solid grounds.

Ambition.
1.to use language of common speach but ornate it with Hyper meanings or Allusions.
2.use universal theme in poetry.
3.innovations in poetry regarding structure.

The poet especially Ezra pound did not received attention and were not celebrated on the account of vagueness that can't be comprehend by common man.

TRENCH POETS.

The first world war gave rise to war poetry and poets who wrote about war and its horrors especially in the trenches are called war poets or trench poets..Instead of facing brutal realities they considered real world as mere a dream.
W.B.yeats and T.S. Eliot are famous poets of this age.

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