Indian Poetry Flashcards
Started a debating club(The Academic Association) and a magazine(The Parthenon)-to discuss Hindu religious practices, rights of women and political issues. ?
Henry Derozio
Fakeer of Jungheera is a poem by?
Henry Derozio Fakeer-Robber, from an unknown Muslim Sec Fakeer-Robber, from an unknown Muslim Sect Nuleeni-Upper caste Bengali Hindu Doesn’t love her husband, Husband dies Sati-rescued by Fakeer They go to jungle Father sends army United in Death
To India-My Native Land is a poem published in?
1828 by Henry Derozio
Summary of To India-My Native Land
The poet feels sense of loss in the way the country is captured by the British
In old days it was worshipped but the spledour has disappeared.
It soared like an eagle earlier but now the wings have been clipped. He will try to sing about the great history.
Toru Dutt wrote?
A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields(1876) Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan(1882) Sita, Savitri, Lakshman Tree-she saw through her windows Strong tree Red crimson flowers-like scarf Grey baboon
Summary of Our Casuarina Tree
Tree-she saw through her windows Strong tree Red crimson flowers-like scarf Grey baboon Reminded of happy moments with siblings Remembered the tree-for the sake of dead Immortalized the tree through the poem Linking past to the present Sister-Aru, brother-Abju-dead
Tagore won the Nobel prize in?
1913
‘Balaka’, ‘Purobi’, ‘Sonar Tori’ and ‘Gitanjali’. are collections by?
Tagore
Gitanjali was published in?
1910
English version 1912
103 English poems
53 poems from the original Bengali Gitanjali,
50 other poems which were from his drama Achalayatan
Eight other books of poetry — mainly Gitimalya (17 poems), Naivedya (15 poems) and Kheya (11 poems).
Summary of Leave this chanting and singing
Poem number 11 in Gitanjali
Targets Ritualism: Tagore is against the whole concept of performance which is done by holy men inside the temples. He targeted those belonging to the religion who used God for their own benefits. He is against organized religion.
Spirituality: He believed God is with those who are spiritual. God is everywhere and mainly with the common people. He believed that the Holy men should throw their mantles and join God when he is with the common mass. In that way they can connect with God Spiritually and achieve Moksha(End of the cycle of life and death)
Summary of My song has put off her adornments
Poem number 8.
Ornaments in a song: he wants the songs to be without any ornaments like metaphors or similes as they would not allow his union with God.
God as the master poet: For him there is no better poet than the God Himself. As he is the creator of the world.
Being without Pride: He doesn’t have the pride of being a good poet because he wants to learn from the Master Poet himself.
Savitri apart from Last Poems(1952), More Poems(1953) and the epic Ilion(1957). are poems by?
Aurobindo
A Beginning(1957), Poems(1960) and John Nobody(1968). His Poems 1955-1965 was a part of Collected Poems in 1969. are poems by?
Don Moraes
Surrealist poet
The Visitor’ is a poems which tries to understand the psychological process of a poet.
Poem Collections by Purushottam Lal
The Parrot’s Death and Other Poems “Change!” They Said Draupadi and Jayadratha and Other Poems The Man of Dharma and the Rasa of Silence Calcutta: A Long Poem.
The Man of Dharma and the rasa of Silence is a poem by?
Purushottam Lal
Silence is about Yudhisthira’s passage ‘through the spectrum of right rasas till he arrives at the rasa of silence.’ It is an attempt to connect the mythological character of Yudhisthira to the mundane realities of the world.
Poems by Adil Jussawala
Collection
Land’s End in 1962
Missing Person(1974) In the first part of Trying to Say Goodbye(2012) called Vacant Possessions the poet discusses about the people and places of London where he lived from a long time. he discusses about the things he lost and then in “Radio” he remembers his close relationships.
A.K. Ramanujan collections?
The Strider (1966) Relations (1971) He writes in his poem “Second Sight” You are a Hindoo, aren’t you? You must have a Second Sight” His poem “Small-scale reflection on a great house” describes the members of a family with contrasting views.
Collections by Gieve Patel
Poems (1966)
How Do You Withstand,Body in 1976
In his poems like “Servants” where he talks about the domestic servants. His being a medical practitioner makes him a patient observer of pain and death.
AK Mehrotra collections?
Bharatmata : a prayer(1966),Woodcuts on Paper(1967), Poems/Poems/Poemas(1971), and Nine Enclosures(1976), Distance in Statute Miles(1982) and Collected Poems(2014) are collections by?
Kamala Das collections?
Her collection of poems in English includes: Summer in Calcutta(1965), The Descendants(1967), The Old Playhouse and Other Poems(1973) The Anamalai Poems(1985)Only the Soul knows How to Think(1996) My Mother at Sixty-Six(1999)
What is the theme of My Mother at SIxty-Six
the poet is driving from her parent’s home to Cochin, she realizes that her mother, whose face was colourless and almost looked dead. At that moment she realized that her mother is growing old and will die soon. The poem is about the fear of loss and the inevitability of death. She also writes about nostalgia of childhood and the relief from that thought.
