Question

Summary of the poem the professor condoles by keki n daruwalla

Answer 1

Following is the Summary of the poem, The Professor Condoles by Keki n Daruwalla:-

This is a story in which the leading character is Daruwalla, a gunman, who is also belongs to the Parsi family of Indian English poets.

He lives his life under Parsi views and by nature is quite un-emotional.

He was born in Lahore in British India but came to after the Partition and got educated in different schools and places.

Internal rhyme and curtal rhythm was used to discuss tragedy and its elements, what an accident is, how the ingredients of it.

In this poem the professor is condoling the eldest brother of the ill-fated boy.

Answer 2

The poem professor condoles is a sad and tragic poem reflecting a boy's death in an accident.

• The poem is a reaction to an 11-year-old boy's death in an accident. The brother of the boy went to the professor, seeking guidance.

• The professor feels the mind of the student must be distracted from the accident's thinking, so he chooses the word 'Tragedy' and insists the student does not call the accident a tragedy.

• The condoles of Professor offer an intriguing alternative to the normal response to death and sorrow.

• When someone faces the death of a near one, only sympathy alone can not be of help to the victim. In facing sorrow, the individual has to be given a certain objectivity and the professor does that in his own way.