William Collins Selected Poems

William Collins Selected Poems – The book places Collins within his literary era, highlighting his shift from Augustan restraint to Romantic expression. William Collins’s poetry, showcased in Lall’s selection, moves beyond mere description to explore deep emotional states, the beauty of nature (especially evening), and the “popular superstitions” and folklore, anticipating poets like Wordsworth and Keats through his emphasis on feeling and evocative language. He’s praised for his “odes,” which, despite some contemporary criticism for being “artificial,” reveal a significant leap towards modern sensibility.