Poetry in the Modern Period

Styles, form, and technique of Modern poetry varied greatly. Poets like T. S. Eliot expressed their distaste and despair over modernity and technology. World War I poets were willing to share both their patriotism and their horror of war encounters that citizens at the home front were unable to experience. The complexity and depth of the human mind are seen in poems like "Sailing to Byzantium," "Preludes," and "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night."