Question

summary of the poem the frog and the nightingale

Answer 1

in a bog called Bingle bog lived a frog who was crazy about his singing and incessantly sang from the evening to the morning light all the creatures on the bog found his song very unpleasant and they tried to beat him and insult him but the frog was very incentiyve and boastful the frog kept singing with extreme passion because this way of expressing his heart felt elation
one day the creatures of the bog were very surprised after hearing the melodious voice of the nightingale the frog was shocked and felt jealous he wanted to be undisputed singer of the bog the frog was very cunning and introduces himself as the owner of sumac tree and tries to influence the frog and he said her that she needs the training only which she could provide her the nightingale got impressed by the frog and the nightingale bursts a vein and dies this way he tries to influence the nightingale

Answer 2

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Here is it:


The poem "The Frog And The Nightingale" is a satire on the shallowness, opportunism and commercialisation of art in today's world. It is a kind of parody of the human world wherein Vikram Seth has gone about to discuss and bring into lime light the negativities and the shallowness that fills the world and the society of human beings. Through the poem, he takes a dig at all those people who lack talent but yet are so manipulative and opportunistic that they destroy actual talent for their own selfish purposes. 

The poem is also about commercialisation of art where people forget talent and become more money-minded and sell art, and perhaps even their own integrity of character for earning some fast bucks.

The frog in the poem is the representative of all those shallow minded and manipulative people who torture the talented individuals like the nightingale who prove to be too gullible for the world. The frog shoes a pettiness of character when he tries to drive out the nightingale from Bingle Bog just to regain his position as the 'unyielded king' of the Bog. He has no appreciation for art, infact has no knowledge of art. Yet, he manages to destroy the nightingale because of her blind faith and her belief in him.


MESSAGE OF THE POEM :-


The basic message being conveyed here is that one must believe in one's own self as each individual is a unique powerhouse of talent and capability. Vikram Seth emphasises that we must never sacrifice our individuality for the sake of someone else and avoid being gullible to believe other's manipulation. Art must be practiced for art's sake alone and we must stop making fashionable statements for art.   


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@ MANAV