Question

Summary of the poem a rain of rites by jayanta mahapatra

Answer 1

 A Rain of Rites by Jayanta Mahapatra is a poem full of symbolism.

The poet in the first stanza uses metaphor rain for his unfulfilled happiness, joy, and contentment. The poet says the rain that he wishes to fall, never falls; while coming down, it gets converted into light and then fails to accomplish its objective.

In the second stanza the rain symbolism gets clearer connotation. The poet says that the rain he thought would fall from the sky, actually turned out to be a mundane kelp strewn on the beach of life; he had expected the rain to be divine; but it turned out to be mundane kelp. And the people associated with formal religion also appear to be loathsome to his conscience.

In the third stanza the poet wishes to know about he last man on earth to whom the cold cloud brought blood to his face. The poet feels he himself has tried to climb the mountains of reasoning to find answers to the mysteries of existence, but has failed.

In the last couplet, the poet wants to know why even the angel’s wings stink. He also wants to know what is not letting the rain of enlightenment fall on him; it is very hard for him to continue living without the rain for which he has been waiting so long.

Answer 2

The poem “A Rain of Rites” is written by Jayanta Mahapatra depicts that the poet is in a state of confusion as asking this many questions shows that there is lexical repetition to put emphasis on significant image.

Therefore, the poem shows the mood of the poet which was clearly confused with the happenings around.