Question

What message is conyed by vikram seth through yhe poem the frog and the nightingale?

Answer 1

the poet wanted to convey that there is always a dead end for blind trust . as in the poem the bird blindly and fooley trusted the frog and hence at the end she was dead .

Answer 2

The poem delivers the message that selfish critics and unscrupulous people in society are only to demeanour the effort and creativity of artists.

The frog in the poem stands for the critics and the nightingale stands for the artist who has been harassed by the frog all the way.

The pert has placed light over the importance of self-confidence as the remedy to stay away from misguidance.