Abstract 94
Jamshad Ali P T
Jamshad Ali P T
A K
Ramanujan's poem “Ecology” depicts ecocritical perspective
Abstract
The
poem “Ecology” by A K Ramanujan depicts ecocritical perspective. Here the poet presents the conflict between anthropocentric view and bio-centric view. The
narrator upholds anthropocentric view
while the mother upholds bio-centric view. Here the narrator plans to cut the Champak tree
which gives migraine for his mother.
Though the Champak tree creates problem for the mother, she doesn't allow him to cut the tree : “wet
as the cold pack on her dead; would not
let us cut down;a flowering tree”. This shows the bio-centric view of the mother. For her the
migraine is nothing in compared to the
amount of flowers that is obtained every season. Many poets have been glorified nature through their
poems. But what makes this poem differ
from other poems is that here poet makes clear criticism on Champak tree and helps the
readers to reach a conclusion. Here Ramanujan examines the negative and positive
sides of the chempak tree and makes an
awareness in the minds of the readers about the importance of conservation of the tree.
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