Question

Suggest a few instances in the poem which highlight humour and irony.

Answer 1

ANSWER :

The poem is full of humour and irony from the beginning to the end. There is a king who has a triumphal arch built on the major road of his city. But the same triumphal arch bangs his crown. Thee king wants to punish the guilty but in the end get himself hanged. The king is dead but the ministers make proclamations in the name of the king. All these are examples of irony. And there is humour in the description of his character. The king, the ministers, the wisest man of the city, The Councillor and ‘melon idiot’ are all fools. In fact it is a kingdom of fools. Nothing could be more humorous than a melon king crowned and carried to the throne reverently.

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Answer 2

Here is your answer mate .

The tale of melon city” is best understood for its irony and humour.


            Humour – The king decides to make an arch across the thoroughfare to edify the spectators. He creates a humorous scene when he dashes with the arch and loses his crown.


-The king is of the mind of punishing the guilty that made the faulty arch. His chasing one after another and their excuses and blaming the king indirectly presents a ludicrous show.


-When the wisest man is called, his conclusion of pointing the arch to be the culprit and their assay to hang it, giggles us.


-we cannot but grin when we find the king to be the fittest person for the hang.


-The process of choosing the new king and melon as the king creates utmost humour in us.


IRONY


-The king who desired for a hang to punish the guilty, gets hanged for the public wanted a hang.


-The wise man was selected because he was old and he could not see anything and points the arch to be the guilty and should be hanged without any precision.


-The ministers chose a king on basis of a fool’s choice. i.e. a melon. And all accepted without bothering whether the king was human or not.

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