LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 20:3 March 2020
ISSN 1930-2940

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Kurunthogai Poem 40

P. Thenmozhi

Abstract

Kurunthogai is a classical Tamil poetic work (a collection of poems by different authors) from the Sangam literature, which is more than two thousand years old. The poems belong to the akam (love between man and woman) category, and each poem consists of 4 to 8 lines each, except poem 307 and 391 which have 9 lines. This paper discusses the content of the poem number 40, which describes the passion men and women in deep love have for one another, and how they describe the love they have for one another. Apart from the passionate description of love between men and women, this poem subtly points out how this love transcends all barriers, using a very ordinary, day to day sight or process in nature, which is easily and always taken for granted and not even noticed.

Keywords: Kurunthogai, poem 40, Sangam literature, true love between man and woman, beyond worldly constraints.

Introduction

The Sangam literature structure suggests the surviving kurunthogai manuscripts have 402 poems. Now we are going to study the 40th poem of kurunthogai. This poem has been chosen for its popularity and certain time-tested values. It still represents value of true love and also its manifestation overcoming worldly barriers. It has the quality of immortal and eternal love something akin to John Keats’ poem “Ode on Grecian Urn”.

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P. Thenmozhi
Assistant Professor
Department of French
Faculty of Science and Humanities
SRM Institute of Science & Technology
Kattankulathur Campus, Kattankulathur – 603 203, Tamilnadu, India
Cell: 9500843397, thenmozp@srmist.edu.in
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