Full summery of the poem de souza prabhu by eunice de souza
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My Portuguese-bred aunt
picked up a clay shivalingam
one day and said:
Is this an ashtray?
No, said the salesman,
This is our god.
De Souza Prabhu
No, I’m not going to
delve deep down and discover
I’m really Souza Prabhu
even if Prabhu was no fool
and got the best of both worlds.
(Catholic Brahmin!
I can hear his fat chuckle still.)
No matter that
my name is Greek
my surname Portuguese
my language alien.
There are ways
of belonging.
I belong with the lame ducks.
I heard it said
my parents wanted a boy.
I’ve done my best to qualify.
I hid the bloodstains
on my clothes
and let my breasts sag.
Words the weapon
to crucify.
Explanation:
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M. assures me she’ll be back
to fling my ashes in the local creek.
(We’re short on sacred rivers here).
The pungent air will suit my soul:
It will find its place among
the plastic carrier bags and rags that float upstream
or is it downstream. One can never tell.
The sea sends everything reeling back.
The trees go under.
II
We push so much under the carpet-
the carpet’s now a landscape.
A worm embedded in each tuft
There’s a forest moving.
Everybody smiles
And smiles.
III
The crows will never learn
there is garbage enough for everyone:
the mouths of the young are raw red,
soundless.
The egret alights on the topmost branch.
Not a leaf is disturbed.
On all sides the ocean.
IV
stretch marks of the city
Look the other way:
There are dhows there
mud banks
white horses for desert kingdoms
an old monkey coughs in a tree
the young sense food
begin their walk up the hill
slow sure unceasing
we lock the windows
bar the doors
the sun burns through the walls
Answer:
Summary of the poem is:- Our societies are male dominated societies. The institution of marriage in our society is also man made. The poem highlights the humiliation faced by a woman during the preparations for marriage. The occasion of the poem is the marriage , the cousin of the narrator of the poem. The formalities to be completed for her marriage highlight the oppression of women in male dominated societies. she has to prove herself worthy for the prospective bridegroom. Her eyes are scrutinized for squints and her teeth are examined for cavities. Even her family history is examined for possible diseases and conditions. How can she be happy with such a marriage? She is treated as an object and her role in the marriage is negligible.
Explanation:
No, I'm not going to
delve deep down and discover
I'm really de Souza Prabhu
even if Prabhu was no fool
and got the best of both worlds.
(Catholic Brahmin!
I can hear his fat chuckle still.)
No matter that
my name is Greek
my surname Portuguese
my language alien.
There are ways
of belonging.
I belong with the lame ducks.
I heard it said
my parents wanted a boy.
I've done my best to qualify.
I hid the bloodstains
on my clothes
and let my breasts sag.
Words the weapon
to crucify.
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