Summary of 'homeless' by Vikram Seth
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This poem is all the thoughts and feelings of a person who is homeless.
The poet expresses himself by saying that a homeless person envies people who have a roof for shelter and to rest there peacefully. Unlike him, they do not have to look for others to provide them shelter.
A person who is homeless is also jealous of people who can stay at one place as he cannot stay at one place.
HOMELESS IS WRITTEN BY THE POET "VIKRAM SETH"
1st stanza, tells us about thee person,the narrator envies.The narrator says that he is envious about the people who have a luxurios living in their own houses and are blessed with the feeling of security taht comes from the sense of living in a place that 'is theirs alone'.The narrator ,on the otherhand has had to endure the uncomfortable feeling of living in palces belonging to strangers who probably give only their half-hearted consent as they agree to his staying in their houses .This,he says that he has been staying in plight for the past few years and it would probably remain in that way for a few more.
in the 2nd stanza , the narrator wishes to have a place of his own from where he would be able to see the seasonal changes He wishes to have a peice of mind of the though that if he dies than his own things will not be passed to the stranger and will be remain to the people he loves