2.8 Small Towns and Rivers - Appreciation

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 2.8 Small Towns and Rivers"

About the Poet, Poem and Title - 

The poem "Small Towns and The River’ is composed by the Indian poetess, strong voice  from the North East, Mamang Dai (1957- ). She is a poet, novelist, journalist, and former civil servant from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. She has received Padmashree Award in2011 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017. 

The poem is taken from the collection of the poems, " The River Poems", published in 2004. 

The title has deep meaning and it shows the importance of river in the life of people.

Theme-

 The theme of the poem is mortality, life vs death, eternity, nature, and spirituality. The theme of mortality is the dominant theme of the poem. 

The poem describes the love for nature and the attachment of the poetess to her hometown. The poetess also believes in spirituality, the people from the northeast believe that the soul of their beloved is immortal and dwells in the company of nature. 

Poetic Device - 

The poem describes a landscape and Nature where the river is a dominant phenomenon. The poem has figurative language, the poetic device like various figures of speech used by the poet like Alliteration, Antithesis, Inversion, Metaphor, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Repetition, Simile, and Transferred Epithet to enhance the beauty of the  poem. 

Personification is a prominent figure of speech in the poem 

Example- "the river has a soul", 

Personification - The  human quality 'soul' is  attributed to the river 

Special Features - 

The special feature of the poem are  Imagery and Symbolism. The poem consists seven stanza of unequal length and is written in free verse.The poet uses simple words to express deep meanings. She creates a beautiful word picture of her area. 

She also showed her concern about the development and the destruction of nature due to modern development.

Message - 

The poem gives the message to the readers that we must protect and preserve the beauty of nature.

Opinion - 

The poem shows the importance of natural elements. I like this poem as it's about nature and the protection of nature. 

Prepared By-

Jyoti Walunj-Landge



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