IJELLH Volume 6, Issue 9, September 2018 369 Bhakti Tradition and Poetics of Introspection Dr. Shreeja Tripathi Sharma Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Department of Comparative Languages and Culture Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India shreeja.sharma@gmail.com Prof. Shubhra Tripathi Head, Dept. of English Govt. MVM College Bhopal India Abstract The bhakti movement is among the most forceful instruments of change in the Indian history.The movement signaled the end of a worn out epoch and did much to subvert hierarchies by substituting the concept of redemption through devotion in place of ritualistic orthodoxy. It carried sublime philosophy, to the common masses, of the so-called lower classes, in vernacular languages and open doors for women poets. The movement continues to inspire our generation and enjoys prominence in terms of its reach, magnitude, popularity and spacio-temporal significance. The poetic tradition of this school is marked by a distinctive proclivity for introspection; out of the two schools:nirguna and saguna; the nirguna school of bhakti poetry