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Dark Interior:
A Comparative Study of
John Ashbery’s Where Shall I Wander and
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih’s The Yearning of Seeds

T. Swaminathan, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Research Scholar
Dr. K. Rajaraman, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.


Courtesy: https://www.amazon.com/Yearning-Seeds-Sing-Nongkynrih-Kynpham/dp/9350290812

Abstract

Modern poets write on a variety of themes in various forms and styles. Themes like Love and Nature have been touched by almost all poets. Though the poets describe all their positivity in their different themes, there will be a dark interior in most. The age of paranoia had begun soon after the World Wars. The drastic change in cultural and political situations around the world had sown the seeds of mistrust and terror. This alarming condition is reflected by poets like Yeats, Eliot, Auden, and others. The disturbing themes - death, disaster and darkness have been the undercurrent of John Ashbery’s poetry. He is a major American poet known for his experimental poetry. Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih is an Indian poet recognized for his multiplicity and appeal. Though these poets are different in each and every aspect, death and terror seem to prevail in both their poems. The darkness in the poems is not portrayed merely as outward, but hidden in the multitude and presented like a gray strain in the interior. This paper attempts a comparative study of the select poems from John Ashbery’s Where Shall I Wander and Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih’s The Yearning of Seeds.

Keywords: Modern man, post-war politics, death & terror, disaster, inner darkness, John Ashbery, experimental poetry

Introduction

John Ashbery is a major American poet known for his experimental poetry. He has written more than twenty volumes of poetry. He has won many major awards including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and National Book Award. Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih is an Indian poet and short fiction writer from Meghalaya. He has published two volumes of poetry in English and three in his native language, Khasi. He has awarded a Fellowship for Outstanding Artists 2000 from the Government of India. He has also received the first North-East Poetry Award in 2004 from the North-East India Poetry Council, Tripura. Some of his poems have been translated into Welsh, Swedish, and several Indian languages.

The age of paranoia had begun very soon after the World Wars. The drastic change in cultural and political situations around the world had sown the seeds of mistrust and terror. This alarming condition is reflected by poets like Yeats, Eliot, Auden, and others. John Ashbery and Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih also exhibit such frightening situations very similar to these poets. Though these two poets are different in each and every aspect, death, and terror prevail in both their poems. The darkness in the poems is not portrayed as merely outward, but hidden in a multitude of things and presented like a gray strain in the interior.

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T. Swaminathan, M.A., M.Phil.
Ph.D Research Scholar
Department of English
Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar
Chidambaram -608 002
Tamilnadu
India
swami2b10@gmail.com

Dr. K. Rajaraman, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Department of English
Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar
Chidambaram- 608002
Tamilnadu
India
drkrajaraman@yahoo.com

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