topographical poetry

topographical poetry, poetry devoted to the description of specific places, usually with additional meditative passages. Following John Denham's poem ‘Cooper's Hill’ (1642), topographical poetry became a significant genre of English verse throughout the 18th century, culminating in the poems of Wordsworth, notably his ‘Lines Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey, on revisiting the banks of the Wye during a tour. July 13, 1798’ (usually called ‘Tintern Abbey’). This kind of poetry is sometimes called loco‐descriptive verse.