Question

Please tell me a brief summary on Urban by Nissim Ezekiel?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

An Analysis of Urban Sensibility in Nissim Ezekiel’s Poetry by Amlanjyoti Sengupta

Abstract

Urban life, both as setting and subject matter, appeals to the modern literary artists. The rapidly developing modern metropolis proved to be an inspiring enough environment for artists and thinkers because of its immense variability and diversity. The city life provokes ambivalent attitudes and feelings in many who are mere thrilled by the opportunities it affords for their self-realization but who, sometimes hypocritically, also fear its vices and abhor the crudity of its life.

Many modern Indian English poets ventured urbanism in their poetry. Nissim Ezekiel is supreme among all to whom city of Bombay became the epicenter of his being. Most of his poems were set in this city. It was the city of the poet’s “birth and rebirth” having a prominent place in the poet’s conscience. The paper is an attempt to explore urnan sensibility in Nissim Ezekiel’s poetry.

Key words: Urban, Urban sensibility, Urbanism, Metropolis

Answer 2

• Urban life, both as setting and subject matter, appeals to the modern literary artists. The rapidly developing modern metropolis proved to be an inspiring enough environment for artists and thinkers because of its immense variability and diversity.
• The city life provokes ambivalent attitudes and feelings in many who are mere thrilled by the opportunities it affords for their self-realization but who, sometimes hypocritically, also fear its vices and abhor the crudity of its life.

• Many modern Indian English poets ventured urbanism in their poetry. Nissim Ezekiel is supreme among all to whom city of Bombay became the epicenter of his being. Most of his poems were set in this city.
• It was the city of the poet’s “birth and rebirth” having a prominent place in the poet’s conscience. The paper is an attempt to explore urnan sensibility in Nissim Ezekiel’s poetry.

What did Nissim Ezekiel write about?

• His poem The Night of the Scorpion is used as study material in Indian and Colombian schools.
• Ezekiel also penned poems in 'Indian English' like the one based on instruction boards in his favourite Irani café. His poems are used in NCERT and ICSE English textbooks.

What is the message of the poem island by Nissim Ezekiel?

• In the poem, Ezekiel describes reality of the urban city of Bombay, now Mumbai. The poem reveals a conflict in the mind of the poet.
• The poet expresses his strong feeling of belongingness to the city of Bombay, where he was born.
• At the same time he is sad and frustrated to see the uneven development of the city.

What are the common themes present in the poems of Nissim Ezekiel?

• The themes dealt with in the paper include detachment, independence and individuality, skeptical self, and rooted in native soil. Key words Nissim Ezekiel, modernizing Indian poetry in Indian Writing in English, themes.

What is the theme of the poem Urban?

The main idea of the poem is to describe the deplorable condition of the poet's mind and how he sees everything being vividly destroyed.

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