THE ROLE OF NATURE IN CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH POETRY: AN ECOCRITICAL PERSPECTIVE

The present research explores how poets engage with environmental issues and the natural world through an ecocritical perspective on contemporary English poetry. An investigation into how poetry could stir commentaries on human activity relating to the natural environment and heighten ecological awareness is conducted by focusing on the works of Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, and Robert Macfarlane. While the research study indeed puts into light valuable information, it also discusses its limitations and sets ways forward for further studies: cross- cultural comparisons, the longitudinal study of the growth of ecopoetry, and multi-disciplinal partnerships using techniques from the digital humanities.