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I need summary of the earthen goblet poem

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Answered by pari252
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The Earthen Goblet

by Harindranath Chattopadyaya

O silent goblet! Red from head to heel,

How did you feel

When you were being twirled

Upon the potter's wheel

Before the potter gave you to the world!

'I felt a conscious impulse in my clay

        To break away

        From the great potter's hand

        That burned so warm,

        I felt a vast

        Feeling of sorrow to be cast

        Into my present form.

'Before that fatal hour

That saw me captive on the potter's wheel

And cast into his crimson goblet sleep,

I used to feel

The fragrant friendship of a little flower

Whose root was in my bosom buried deep.'

'The potter has drawn out the living breath of me

        And given me a form which is death of me,

        My past unshapely natural stage was best

        With just one flower flaming through my breast.'

Harindranath Chattopadhyay was born on April 2, 1898 and died on June 23, 1990. He was an Indian English poet, an actor, and he was a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu. He is famous for poems like Noon and Shaper Shaped. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1973. The memorable song Rail Daddi sung by Ashok Kumar in the film Aashirwad is his creation.

Chattopadhyay's poetry usually deals with nature and natural way of life. The poem is written as a dialogue between the poet and the goblet. He wants to know how the goblet felt when it was taken from the earth and shaped into a goblet. The answer of the goblet which forms the next three stanzas of the poem is tinged with a sense of sadness and helplessness. 

         "I felt a conscious impulse in my clay, to break away"

The goblet likes its former life with nature:

          "With just one flower flaming through my breast"

These lines evoke the warm and beautiful relationship between the goblet and the flower. The warmth of this relationship is further emphasized by the alliteration of "f" sound in:

           "Fragrant friendship"

and the alliteration in:

           "My bosom buried deep".

The poet draws a contrast between the former life of the goblet with nature.

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Answered by surendarrajawat
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The poem, "Earthen Goblet" is written by Harindranath Chattopadyaya, he was an Indian English poet. His poetry usually deals with the nature and the way of natural life. This poem is dialogue between the goblet and the poet. The poet is interested to know that how did the goblet feel when it was taken from the earth and shaped in to a goblet. The answers of the goblet are tinged with the sense of sadness  and helplessness. The poet draws a comparison between the former life of goblet with the nature.

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