The Neo – classical poetry the analysis

In the history the period from 1680 to 1750 is called Augustan Age or the Neo-classical Age. This Age was called Augustan because the literary men of that period thought their work was as rich as the work or Roman writers in the age of King Augustus was. They also thought the poetry of the Augustan Age was of the same quality what they produced. They were trying to follow the ancient rules, but could not acquire the same spirit of classical antiquity. The literature, according to Hudson, produced by neo-classical poets was thoroughly artificial. It was not a free creative inspiration but a deliberate art. It was purely poetry of argument. It was a kind of reaction against enthusiastic Renaissance. Denham and Waller's name we see in the beginning. But it was flourished in the hands of Dryden and later perfectly used by Pope. Both Dryden and Pope used this lucid and concrete form of poetry for satiric poetry.