Question

iv.What message is conveyed by Vikram Seth through the poem ‘The Frog and the Nightingale’?

Answer 1

By this poem the poet Vikram Seth wants to convey to readers that this is a competitive world and only the one who is smart and cunning can survive while the innocent beings like Nightingale in the poem are tortured by those cunning people.
So, we should be innocent but towards our work but should be smart with the society to survive.

Answer 2

the innocent nightingale had been killed by the arrogance of the frog. the nightingale was talented but very foolish. it's foolishness was the only reason for its death. vikram seth conveys a message that those who do not trust in their talent would face a tragic end like nightingale