In his poem “A Morning Walk” Nissim Ezekiel talks about a ‘Barbaric City sick with slums / Deprived of…
Ezekiel’s city is Bombay, the urban environment central to his poetry. Calcutta, Benares and Agra are not the city invoked by that poem.
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In his poem “A Morning Walk”
Nissim Ezekiel talks about a
‘Barbaric City sick with slums /
Deprived of seasons, blessed with
rains / Its hawkers, beggars, iron-lunged / Processions led by frantic
drums.’ Identify the city :
Answer and explanation
Correct answer C
Ezekiel’s city is Bombay, the urban environment central to his poetry. Calcutta, Benares and Agra are not the city invoked by that poem.
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