LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 14:6 June 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Instant Poetry: Poetic Genius versus Poetic Talent

Dr. J. S. Anand, Ph.D.

What Goes into the Writing of Poetry?

This article is concerned with the fact how much effort goes into the writing of poetry. Is it a spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling, or is there more to it than merely a representation of human emotions? Another issue related to this idea is the mental labour that becomes a part of intellectual poetry in the case of some eminent poets like T.S. Eliot, who used to polish their poems, and get them further polished by more eminent friends in the field, like Ezra Pound. Great Indian Modern Poet Rabindranath Tagore also wrote and rewrote the same poem before presenting the final version. This article also intends to explore the frontiers of poetry: as to whether it is inspired, or it is a political document, or can we say: conspired, that is to say: poetry or poeticizing. Another eminent issue under discussion is about poetry and its rhyme. Difficulty in poetic expression or its transparency also forms the basis of this article.

Inspired or Conspired?

The most important question is whether poetry is inspired or conspired. In other words, is poet an ‘inspired fool’ or he is an intelligent tool? In my opinion, if poetry could be like other arts, anybody could have learned this art and there would have been poets after poets. There is some deep relationship between poetry and the prophet. Some souls are specifically blessed, just us when we dig the ground, in some places we get sweet water, in other places, it is unfit for drinking, and in still other places, there is no water at all. Same is the condition with poetry. It is a flood with some people while others belong to the poetic desert.

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Dr. J. S. Anand, Ph.D.
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DAV College
Bathinda 151001
Panjab, India
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