Zainab

• Georgian Poetry


  A series of anthologies showcasing the work of a school of English poetry that established itself during the early years of the reign of King George V of the United Kingdom
• Anthology


  A collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors
• Period covered by Georgian poetry

  1910 to 1935
• Georgian poets


  A group of British poets who predominantly worked during the period from 1910 to 1935
• Georgian poetry


  • Positive aim in the type of poetry
  • Nature is depicted in a natural and beautiful way
  • Free from gorgeous expressions and thoughts
  • Love, Childhood, old age, sleep and animals are the recurring themes
  • Poetry for common people and not only for the learned
  • Full of pure melody
  • Avoids philosophic and religious themes
• Walter John de la Mare

  A British poet of a French origin, short story writer and novelist, best remembered for his works for children including stories, books, magazines, and poems
• The Listeners was published

  1912
• The Listeners


  A poem about a "Traveller" who arrives at a silent house with his horse, in order to keep his promise of some sort, but is met with silence from a host of phantom listeners, dwelling inside the house
• The action takes place late on a moonlit evening at a dwelling in a forest. The time is the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The tone is serious and the atmosphere is eerie and otherworldly.