how does the poet express his graditude to God in the secong stanza? poem:what a blessing
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Answer:
Explanation:
Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker
Context
Imtiaz Dharker lives in India, in the city of Bombay. During the dry season,
the temperature can reach 40 degrees. The poem is set in a vast area of
temporary accommodation called Dharavi, on the outskirts of Bombay, where
millions of migrants have gathered from other parts of India. Because it is
not an official living area, there is always a shortage of water.
In an interview, the poet says: 'But when a pipe bursts, when a water tanker
goes past, there's always a little child running behind the water tanker
getting the bits of drips and it's like money, it's like currency. In a hot
country in that kind of climate, it's like a gift. And the children may have
been brought up in the city and grown up as migrants, but the mothers will
probably remember in the village they've
come from they would have to walk miles
with pots to get to a well, to the closest
water source. So it really is very precious.
When the water comes, it's like a god.'
Picture courtesy of Andrew Jarvis
What is Blessing about?
The skin cracks like a pod.
There never is enough water.
Imagine the drip of it,
the small splash, echo
in a tin mug,
the voice of a kindly god.
Sometimes, the sudden rush
of fortune. The municipal pipe bursts,
silver crashes to the ground
and the flow has found
a roar of tongues. From the huts,
a congregation: every man woman
child for streets around