Wednesday, 8 February 2023

सदियों पुराना

                          Thinking Activity

 I.A.Richards -  Figurative language :-  

Hello readers! Here I am going to write down one another blog. This blog is a response to the thinking activity given by Dr.Dilip barad sir - Department of English, Bhavnagar University. In this Particular blog, First I will try to Problematize the Poem and after Finding Problems I will try to defend the misunderstanding of the language of a poem.

  Click here to know more about I.A.Richard's Figurative language and Practical Criticism.

  • Analysis of a Hindi Poem :- 

9. काव्य :- सदियों पुराना

तुम्हारे भीतर है
सदियों पुराना 
एक खूसट बूढ़ा
जो लाठियां ठकठकाते
अभी भी अपनी मुंछों को
तेल पिलाते रहता है
आखिर तुम कैसे
उसकी झुर्रियों के जाल से
बाहर आ पाओगी

तुम्हारे भीतर है
हमारी छटपटाती
भूखी इच्छाएं
खूनी वासनाएं

इन सबके बीच
आखिर कब तक
रह पाओगी
तुम वह मीठा झरना
जिसमें तैरती हैं
मछलियां
किनारे पर जिसके
पड़ी होती हैं सीपियां

तुम्हारे भीतर है
सदियों पुराना 
एक खूसट बूढ़ा
जो लाठियां ठकठकाते
अभी भी अपनी मुंछों को
तेल पिलाते रहता है
आखिर तुम कैसे
उसकी झुर्रियों के जाल से
बाहर आ पाओगी

तुम्हें बंद करने होंगे
वे सारे दरवाजे
जो खोल रखे हैं
उस खूसट बूढ़े ने
आखिर कोई कैसे
सदियों तक अपनी जमीन
बंधक रहने दे सकता है | 

We have to Remember and clearly understand that Practical Criticism is not about finding the correct interpretation of a poem , but rather about understanding and appreciating it's various aspects and effects. When First time I gone through the entire poem I couldn't find any Problems in it and also difficult to find it. But, after reading several times then it is easy to do. Because When you have to Problematize the poem  For that the verbal and close reading of a poem is a very important thing. 

• Problematic things in this Poem :- 

1. First , The way that the Poet describes an old man by using the Word - सदियों पुराना|  Then how can such an old person show such activeness as described लाठियां ठकठकाना  और मूंछों को तेल पीलाते रहना| 
So, Here I found the Problem that the use of words are not appropriate in connection with each other. I found it irrelevant.

2. The second Problematic thing is In the Poem the Poet describes that 
        तुम वह मीठा झरना
जिसमें तैरती हैं
मछलियां | But Fish can never swim in Stream.

3. Stream have no any border or edge. 
4. Mussels are never found near stream. 

 So, All this things which is described in the poem by a Poet are Problematic. 

5. In the last and Final lines of the Poem It is described as  तुम्हें बंद करने होंगे
वे सारे दरवाजे
जो खोल रखे हैं
उस खूसट बूढ़े ने | If the Poet is talking about Freedom of women than we all know that Freedom can be gain by Opening the doors and not by closing.  

 6. This Poem is about a Patriarchal society. From this lines of the Poem ; 

  सदियों तक अपनी जमीन
बंधक रहने दे सकता है |  Here , The poet has used a wrong word which is जमीन | But we can replace this word with another Hindi word - जमीर | 
So, this all are the Problematic things From this Poem. 

• Defending Misunderstanding of the language of a poem :- 

• The First Point can be defended if we take in a way that this poem is about Patriarchy and Personality of a man. For that लाठियां ठकठकाना और मूंछों को तेल पिलाना| - Both are appropriate. 

• The another point in the Poem where the Poet has used the word - जमीन| But I feel that the more appropriate and correct word here is - जमीर| The meaning of this word is - Soul.

I Interpreted the last line of the poem in that way that Due to Patriarchal Society, It is women's soul which has been trapped for
Such a longer period of time.

These are some Defending Points of the poem which one has to look and understand while analysing the poem.


So, This is the response which I got from ChatGPT and it is not correct also.

• Use of Metaphors in this Poem :- 

The Poet has used many metaphors in this poem.

              1. खूसट बूढ़ा 
2. छटपटाती
भूखी इच्छाएं
3. खूनी वासनाएं

So, These are the metaphors which is used by the  poet in this poem. 

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