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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Meaning of this poem is requested
I can smell violence in the air like the lash of coming rainmass hatreds drifting grey across the moon It hovers brooding, posed like a cobra as Igo prodding rat-holes and sounding caverns looking for a fang that darts a hood that sways and eyes that squirt a reptile hate.
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I feel threatened.
- I feel threatened.
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Hi,
The question asks us to 'critically comment' on that verse, in about 200-250 words.
Can you help?
The question asks us to 'critically comment' on that verse, in about 200-250 words.
Can you help?
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We can help by checking your 200 words of critical comment, yes.
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Above poem is an extract of works of N. Daruwalla who was among Indian poets writing in English.
In one of the pieces in “Ruminations”, the poet can smell violence in the air “like the lash of coming rain; and this feeling seems to the poet to be “poised like a cobra”. These are original similes; and these are followed by a series of metaphors based on serpent-behaviour. These are only a
In one of the pieces in “Ruminations”, the poet can smell violence in the air “like the lash of coming rain; and this feeling seems to the poet to be “poised like a cobra”. These are original similes; and these are followed by a series of metaphors based on serpent-behaviour. These are only a
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can anyone plz tell me the tone of this poem?
I can smell violence in the air
like the ash of coming rain mass
hatred drifting grey across the moon
It hovers brooding, posed like a cobra
as i go prodding rat-holes and
sounding cavers
looking for a fang that darts
a hood that sways
and eyes that squirt a reptile hate.
I can smell violence in the air
like the ash of coming rain mass
hatred drifting grey across the moon
It hovers brooding, posed like a cobra
as i go prodding rat-holes and
sounding cavers
looking for a fang that darts
a hood that sways
and eyes that squirt a reptile hate.
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The tone of the poem is the scene what the poet is trying to create through his words.
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the poet is trying to tell the present states of minds of people wanting to fight one another, Who come in groups to destroy humanity and peace for benefits such as pieces of land, money and power etc.
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the poet is trying to tell the present states of minds of people wanting to fight one another, Who come in groups to destroy humanity and peace for benefits such as pieces of land, money and power etc.
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