Rivers in English Poems of Varied Nations

Abstract: Rivers have been inseparably connected with human lives since ages. Every civilization showcases its nexus with rivers. In every era and every nation rivers contribute to the cultural, social, political and geographical makeup. The religious, ethnic and demographic spaces project the importance of rivers at their peak. Even each gender pursues river from different perspective. Poets of different nations project rivers through their poetry from their personal experiences. The present paper attempts to trace multiple projections of rivers in the select poems of poets representing different nationalities, gender, identities, and periods. The paper critiques multiple views on rivers, waters, and the associated cultural beliefs of the poets under scrutiny. Rivers perform pivotal role in shaping attitudes of people, nourishing lives, healing and often times, absorbing ailments of the people who suffer. The poets selected for the present study exhibit the role of rivers in their respective nations, in human lives