Every day there are more poetic movements that emerge, however, throughout history some have appeared that, due to their great boom, are still remembered in the present.
These most well-known poetic movements in history are made up of metaphysical poetry, chivalric poetry, and others. In all these movements there is a unity in literary language and the handling of similar ideas.
Like artistic movements, poetic movements have arisen within certain schools, such as the Baroque, Romanticism, Expressionism, Modernism, and others..
Next, we will know some of the most important poetic movements in history, thereby limiting that, a poetic movement, can arise at any time that several authors or poets get together and make it up..
Some of the most important poetic movements are the following:
The group of metaphysical poets was created to bring together an English group of lovers of poetry with metaphors and spoken verses.
This group arose among the English poets who supported the management of King Charles I, in the English Civil War. With this poetic movement, joyful poetry was brought to life, as well as prose was used to give thanks to the king..
This school forms a style of poetry called haikai, and was founded by the poet Nishiyama Soin. The meaning of the name is: "forest that speaks", and the object it pursued was to connect ordinary people through a use of everyday language, in contrast to other traditional Japanese schools that were more rigid..
During the 18th century, many poets wanted to go back to the traditional, admiring everything from the classical world. It was for this reason that, in classical prose, he did not overlook this style, but rather established itself as an ideal to follow. The composed verses were characterized by their elegance and measure, thus imitating the verses of Latin and Greek.
In this poetic movement, poetry lovers are dedicated to taking complex issues to their utmost simplicity, taking rural life as a central theme, which was idealized and transferred to the public who lived in the urban world..
It was a French genre that owes its name to Le Parnasse Contemporain, an anthology that was published and in which the lines of various poets were brought together. Since then, the followers of this poetic movement sought in their writing that the text was disconnected from their emotions.
It was a movement that emerged in Europe and permeated many areas of knowledge, embracing poetry. It reached its peak in the first half of the 19th century. Unlike Parnassianism, the Romantic movement did give prominence to feelings and individualism; nature was glorified and emotion exalted.
The symbolism was a poetic movement with influences from France, Russia and Belgium. It was born as a way of reacting against the naturalistic poetic movement. In symbolism the poets gave their prose a somber touch and exalted the ordinary. The recurring themes for this movement were spirituality, dreams and the world of imagination..
Modernist poetry emerged in Europe and North America, within the modern literature movement. In his lyrics, an ode was made to culture, the writer's memory, personal imagination and emotions..
Household poets gained a lot of popularity, not only in American territory, but also in Europe, especially in New England. All his topics were related to housework, in which messages of morality were also sent to the readers.
The most characteristic thing about imagism was the precision and clarity in the language, in addition to its conjugation with imagery. This poetic movement, of American and English origin, played with an image until trying to reveal its essence.
Objectivism conceived the poem itself as an object, which allowed them to make a social criticism, focus on urban issues and despise everything related to the hermetic world..
Racial pride was the main driver of this American poetic movement, which was built through art and poetry. The ideas they tried to spread were socialist or progressive.
It was made up of a group of poets who, through sexual freedom and the use of drugs, sought to reveal the most real of the human condition. This group emerged after the Second World War and was characterized by the rejection of traditional discourses.
Confessional poetry, as its name suggests, was the poetry of the intimate, the personal, in which the poets exposed their bloody reality, either in relation to sexuality, mental illness or suicide..
In addition to these poetic movements mentioned, there have also been other movements, such as that of the New York school, for example, in which several artists were grouped to evoke surrealism and expressions of avant-garde art..
The Black Mountain poets also formed another of the best known poetic movements. All belonged to Black Mountain College, in North Carolina, and the carefree style was their main reference, with which they managed to make an apology for individuality and reaffirm themselves in a personal capacity.
With all this it is clear that, throughout history, the poet has felt the need to react or respond to his context and the way in which he has conceived the world has been what has allowed many types of expressions to emerge artistic and that led them to group into different movements.
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