British poetry

British poetry is the field of British literature encompassing poetry from anywhere in the British world (whether of the British Isles, the British Empire, or the United Kingdom).

Types of poetry which might be considered British poetry include:

English poetry
Irish poetry from Northern Ireland
Scottish poetry (see Scottish literature)
Welsh poetry
Jèrriais poetry
Guernésiais poetry
Manx poetry
Cornish poetry

The critic Lyn Pykett has written that "A trawl through anthologies of British or English verse quickly discovers the exclusion of women from the traditions of British poetry".^[1]

^ Pykett, Lyn (1997). "Women poets and "Women's poetry": Fleur Adcock, Gillian Clarke and Carol Rumens". In Day, John; Docherty, Brian (eds.). British Poetry from the 1950s to the 1990s: Politics and Art. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 238.

[Pykett-1] Pykett, Lyn (1997). "Women poets and "Women's poetry": Fleur Adcock, Gillian Clarke and Carol Rumens". In Day, John; Docherty, Brian (eds.). British Poetry from the 1950s to the 1990s: Politics and Art. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 238.

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