Respected sir,
name is not given to this poem but i have try to give it a name Bandhan.
In this blog I have try to interpret a Hindi poem Bandhan
with the help of Practical Criticism of
I.A. Richards. So first of all we will do over literal reading and after that
we will study this poem according to I.A. Richards views.
Over literal
reading:-
In the
first stanza there is a word telling that an old man is drinking oil to his
moustache. How can it possible?
Moustache never drinks oil. So the poem is confusing. Post’s metaphors are
inconvenient.
In the next line there is also problem that skin wrinkle is like net and he
questions that how will he come out? This looks not possible. Old man, fish,
lust all this words are not connecting very well. It gives no meaning to the
poem. in poem it is said that object is said a brook. but how can a girl be brook?
Literal reading:-
This poem is social criticism about our orthodoxy. That old
man are not allowing women to go outside.
So all this are metaphors- vehicle to convey the meaning what he wanted
to say. Poem appeals that since how long time you will remain slave of male
dominance. Thus it gives voice to female. It can be said feminist poem.
