The purpose of the poem is to raise awareness about the increasing number of ‘bride burning’ and dowry deaths, taking place in our society. It suggests that the woman portrayed could be any woman. The poet takes up a little incident in the life of a married woman of a middle-class family and throughRead more
The purpose of the poem is to raise awareness about the increasing number of ‘bride burning’ and dowry deaths, taking place in our society. It suggests that the woman portrayed could be any woman. The poet takes up a little incident in the life of a married woman of a middle-class family and through this little incident projects the fate of all women.
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The poem Abandoned is a wrenching presentation of how some of the society can cross all limits of the humanity. The baby is abandoned and thrown mercilessly in the dustbin. It cries but in vain. It had to lose its life. The only fault of that little creature was that it was born. Taking birth is notRead more
The poem Abandoned is a wrenching presentation of how some of the society can cross all limits of the humanity. The baby is abandoned and thrown mercilessly in the dustbin. It cries but in vain. It had to lose its life. The only fault of that little creature was that it was born. Taking birth is not in anyone’s control, and babies are next to God. The don’t deserve such inhuman treatment. The crime the baby committed that it was born. I didn’t know what its destiny holds for it.
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