Inner Consciousness: A voice of the Modern Indian English Poetry

Abstract

Indian poetry written in English after the Independence of the country is usually called modern or contemporary. After the World War II. Aurobindian tradition was followed by some of the poets who were fond of imitating new symbolic cult. But after his death in 1950, a change appeared; tough mysticism and romanticism remained an obsession with many of the later poets like Harindranath Chattopadhaya, Sarojini Naidu and Kamala Das. The poets felt an urge to change the tradition set by Tagore, Sarojini and Aurobindo, and they tried to bring about a new trend and innovation. They preached for change in the poet’s attitude, theme, imagery and his use of the English language. New poets used the English language as their vehicle of expansion, best suited for their feelings and sentiments. Nissim Ezekiel, Dom Moraes and P. Lal are the most eminent early poets of the post-independence era who provided a new kind of poetry which was written in the nineteen sixties and early seventies with a new creative urge and awareness, a new faith and credo, a pledge of sharp departure from the themes and technique of pre-Independence poets.