"The new poets still quoted the old poets, but no one spoke in verse of the pregnant woman drowned,…
These lines are from 'A River' by A.K. Ramanujan. The poem criticizes both the old poets and the new poets who repeat inherited conventions about the flooded river while…
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"The new poets still quoted
the old poets, but no one spoke in verse
of the pregnant woman
drowned, with perhaps twins in her". Identify the poem -
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These lines are from 'A River' by A.K. Ramanujan. The poem criticizes both the old poets and the new poets who repeat inherited conventions about the flooded river while ignoring the human tragedy of the drowned pregnant woman.
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