Summary of the poem entertainment by nissim ezekiel
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The poem Entertainment by Nissim Ezekiel is about a street monkey show. The poet has beautifully depicted the monkey show performance and the general reactions of the people watching the show.
A poor girl is performing the monkey show; she is sitting patiently, holding the strings to which the performing monkeys are bound; she has a baby in her arms.
Monkeys are wearing red and purple pantaloons and are about to begin dance. A crowd of people starts collecting to see the show; a boy is the master of ceremonies; he plays a hand held drum and cracks a whip. The monkeys begin to perform. More and more people collect to see the climax of the performance.
In the crowd are children, untouchable women, and a coolie; all of them are happy; but the monkeys are sad.
And all of sudden, the baby in the girl’s arms begins to cry.
Most of the people go away as the performance heads towards ending without paying anything to the girl and the boy performing the monkey show.
However, a few of the people give them the smallest coins. And thus the show carries on.
this poem displays the setting in an indian village,or a rural village where the man is using the monkey for frivolous entertainment.this story indicates our attention towards how the monkey is used for earning money by the man , and it reflects how the monkey feels!