Discuss the poem 'The Inchcape Rock' as a didactic poem in 400words.
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A didactic poem is one that is written with a purpose of teaching a moral/ lesson to the reader. ''Inchcape Rock' is a didactic poem in which Robert Southey juxtaposes the good and the evil to highlight the point that good begets good. On the other hand evil intentions of a person can never bring any good, neither to him nor to others. Ultimately he wants to emphasize on the maxim 'What you sow, so shall you reap.'
Robert Southey in his ballad 'Inchcape Rock' focusses on the principle that our own misdeeds boomerang upon us bringing the harm that we intend to inflict on others back to us. Inchcape rock is a reef which causes shipwrecks during high tides. Many ships sank as they struck the Inchcape Rock and met a terrible end. A kind abbot of Aberbrothok tied a bell on the rock wich would ring during the stormy waves and warn the sailors about the impending danger. It was tied to a buoy which used to move with the strong wind ringing the bell as a warning to the sea sailors. Each time the bell warned ships and saved them from shipwreck, the sailors would thank the abbot.
The abbot is a kind soul who is an example of divinity among people. On the contrary, Sir Ralph did not think of others and tried to get wealth by looting others. He connived to cut the bell so that he could loot the treasure and money after the shipwreck. After he cut the bell, no more ships were saved, no sailors uttered their thanks to the abbot. It so happened one day when he was sailing there occurred a storm in which his own ship was drowned and repenting and cursing himself for his weird act, he met his accursed end. He was ultimately trapped in his own web that he wove to destroy others.
Hence, through the poem, the poet Robert Southey brings home to his readers that their actions can bring them acclaim or curses depending on what their actions are, the choice is theirs.
Robert Southey in his ballad 'Inchcape Rock' focusses on the principle that our own misdeeds boomerang upon us bringing the harm that we intend to inflict on others back to us. Inchcape rock is a reef which causes shipwrecks during high tides. Many ships sank as they struck the Inchcape Rock and met a terrible end. A kind abbot of Aberbrothok tied a bell on the rock wich would ring during the stormy waves and warn the sailors about the impending danger. It was tied to a buoy which used to move with the strong wind ringing the bell as a warning to the sea sailors. Each time the bell warned ships and saved them from shipwreck, the sailors would thank the abbot.
The abbot is a kind soul who is an example of divinity among people. On the contrary, Sir Ralph did not think of others and tried to get wealth by looting others. He connived to cut the bell so that he could loot the treasure and money after the shipwreck. After he cut the bell, no more ships were saved, no sailors uttered their thanks to the abbot. It so happened one day when he was sailing there occurred a storm in which his own ship was drowned and repenting and cursing himself for his weird act, he met his accursed end. He was ultimately trapped in his own web that he wove to destroy others.
Hence, through the poem, the poet Robert Southey brings home to his readers that their actions can bring them acclaim or curses depending on what their actions are, the choice is theirs.
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