20th+century+British+Poetry+Movements

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=20th Century British Poetry Movements=

= = For centuries, poetry movements have been defined by poets who identify unifying principles and characteristics of works by various poets. There were thirteen movements during the 20th century that was shared among the United States, Great Britain, Hungary and other countries; however, only sax of them stemmed from Great Britain.

The **Modernist Poetry** movement has been said to have emerged during the late 1800s and early 1900s along with the appearance of the Imagist movement. The modernists wrote in reaction of the Victorian movement, emphasizing traditional formalism and fancy diction. Conclusively, modernists looked back to the best works of poets from earlier centuries and various other cultures such as Greek, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Spanish poets.


 * Imagism** was a movement in early 20th-century British and American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language. They rejected the digressive and sentimental qualities of the Romantic poetry era.

The **Objectivists** were a loosely defined group that derived from the Modernists during the 1930s. This group consisted mainly of Americans; however, the british poet Basil Bunting was a core group member of this movement.