Poetry in Post-modern Literature

Surrealism Between the Auden group of poets of the 1930s and the Movement poets of the 1950s, there exists a group of forties poets who do not align with any specific movement. These poets do not follow the experimental poetry of the 1920s or the Poetry of Commitment of the 1930s. Surrealism emerged in the late 1930s in Europe, influencing poetry as well as painting. It can be seen as intensified Romanticism or as a form of SuperRealism, exploring dreams, emotionalism, and irrationalism as part of human experience. In England, David Gascoyne introduced Surrealism to poetry with works like "A Short Survey of Surrealism" (1935). Dylan Thomas The poet most associated with Surrealism was Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), known for his richly rhetorical style and vivid imagery. Critics like Andrew Sanders note his kinship with the emotional intensity of metaphysical poets like Donne. One of his notable poems, "The Force that through the Green Fuse drives the Flower," …