Critical appreciation of still another view of grace by A.K.Ramanujan
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This poem is an attempt to make comparison between an Indian bride and a western bride.
In India, marriage is a religious affair and the bride is given no choice but to submit and give birth to sons.
This kind of Hindu marriage is just a tradition without any sense of togetherness.
On the other hand, brides in the western world are free to make their choices.
All in all, the poem is indicative of the poet's conversion into western world.
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Critical Appreciation of the Poem "Still Another View of Grace"
Explanation:
The poem deals with the poet's conflict of mind when he falls in love with a Chicago woman.
At this time he thinks whether he will neglect all his Brahmin traditions since he can't live without the love of the said woman.
In the meantime, he thinks if he will forget his beloved lady so that he could preserve the Brahmin traditions prevalent in the Hindu society of his motherland India.
Since his beloved lady expresses her love for him, he also shows his love and respect for her.
The poet decides to spend his life with her in a foreign country by forgetting his Brahmin culture and traditions as his life will be tasteless and useless without her.
The style of the poem is a simply beautiful one. The poet's use of small letters at the beginning of some lines and a Similes just increases the beauty and standard of the poem.
He express the difference in the manner of the Western people and the Western people in the poem.
Every readers can easily understand the THEME of the Poem.
He uses a simple words/terms/phrases in this poem.
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