HOPKINS AS A MODERN POET

Abstract

When Queen Victoria succeeded  to throne in 1837, English Literature seemed to have entered upon a period of lean years, in marked contrast with poetic fruitfulness of the Romantic Age. The entry she made in her diary on that occasion tells us much about the moral earnestness which she lived by and diffused among her subjects during her long reign.  Hopkins has been designated as a modern poet  because he broke the existing Victorian mould of poetic expression and used his poetic craft to express his ideas and emotions in a radical manner. In terms of themes, language, rhythm, metre, imagery, Hopkins adopted techniques, which were beyond his time's. He was ahead of the literary age in which he lived and wrote.

Key Words: Victorian Age, Queen Victoria, Romantic Age, Techniques, Poetic Expression, Literary Age, Imagery, Cult.