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What does the phrase “frail early light” signify in the poem Dawn at Puri?

What does the phrase “frail early light” signify in the poem Dawn at Puri?

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  1. The phrase “frail early light” in jayanta mahapatra’s “Dawn at Puri” signifies the last hope of life… earlier the poet has compared the austere eye of the fish to the eyes of the widowed women…they both somehow are hanging by the last hope of  life and everyday they wait for the frail early light to get through another day until death takes them in it’s arm.

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