when does the river lend itself to poetry according to the poet ? Poem name A river by A K Ramanujan
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This short, four-stanza poem is separated into uneven sets of lines. The first stanza of ‘A River’ contains sixteen lines, the second: eleven, the third: seven, and the fourth: fifteen. They do not follow a specific rhyme scheme, but there are moments of repetition which help create rhythm.
Most clearly, there is a refrain that is used in the second stanza and the fourth and is only slightly changed. The speaker describes what happened during this particular flood, and then restates the same thing. This works in two ways, first to emphasize the loss. But, at the same time, it also desensitizing the reader. One comes to expect tragedy, as those who reside in the city do, and see it as another aspect of the flood/drought.