2:5 Appreciation of the poem 'Father Returning home '

            Appreciation

Write an appreciation of the poem ' Father Returning Home '.

Answer  ---

About the poem/poet and the title  ------------

' Father Returning Home ' is a poem . It is written by  Dilip Chitre .He is a bilingual poet .He is a  translator  , painter ,film-maker and columnist .                             In  this poem  the poet depicts  a picture of suburban commuter .It is a story of a hard working father who goes to work early in the morning and returns late in the evening .This leads him alienation from his  family. His children too have no time to share jokes and secrets  with their father .

Theme -

The theme of the poem is man's estrangement from a man-made world . The poet shows the loneliness and world-weariness of an old man in the modern society by depicting a picture of his own father returning home from work .

Poetic style   ---- 

The poem consists of two stanzas of twelve lines each . The poem is written in a free verse . There is no particular meter or rhyme scheme followed.

The language/poetic devices used in the poem  ------

The language  of the poem is easy and simple but full of symbolic expressions and poetic devices. It is  in a narrative  form . The poetic devices used in the poem are Simile , Alliteration , Onomatopoeia 'Synecdoche and transferred epithet .  'going into the toilet ',' The Sound of the radio ' , ' trembling of his hands ' , '  clinging droplets to the greying hair ' are some of the expressions that enhance the beauty of the poem .It is written in a free   verse . There is no rhyme scheme followed in the poem .

 

Special features  -----

The poem is full of symbolic expressions . The poem depicts the very painful loneliness of a Father through various symbolic expressions. The poem consists of two stanzas of 12 lines each 

Message ,Values , morals in the poem  ------------

The poem gives the message that old people are neglected  and not cared in the modern society . This modern world has no place for elderly people .No one thinks about their loneliness or care for them .

Your opinion about the poem. ----

It is an eye - opening poem .The pathetic condition of the father, the treatment he receives at home , his solitude  and the way, he tries to overcome all this man made problem is beautifully placed before the reader .The use of symbolic expressions such as   the ' cracking Sound of the radio' expresses the miserable condition of the old man . To find some solace from this man-made world, he goes in the toilet and he contemplates there .  Actually it is an attempt to escape from the human contact and find solace to oneself . Overall it is the best poem , bringing forth the problems of Old age people in the metro cities .

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