Portraits of Passion
Description:... What the poet sings here is true of his life. He is open for the temptations of both the passion and the reason. When they act together, we find the person at his best in life with the strengths of purpose and will; we find the poet at his best in poetry with sweet ironies, spliced with the power of language when, " The wind of passion and the barriers of reason, pull apart from sides,". Thus, the author gained from both his strength and weakness. Poetry to this poet is an integrated expression of personality. His conception of poetry is beautifully expressed in the following stanza in the poem "Poetry ".You, the gentle queen on inspiration's throne In splendours of words, rhythms, colours, Musics and passions in unending layers; Come, sit on heart, build bridges to the mind, Bring light to the eyes to choose a carriageTo carry your muse to gentle souls.It is significant of this poet that the utility of poetry for him lies in carrying her 'muse to gentle souls'. He is deeply subjective and inward-looking in nature. This subjective and inward-looking tendency makes him a proud and self-assured individual. Read following lines in the poem,'The Path of Life '.Whatever may come, whatever may go, Whatever on the path is in store as fate, I must walk as always I am;Proud of self and diligent of walk,I tread the path that comes in front; Whatever at back, bears my print,Whatever in front, conforms to inner strength.The poet has tried to portray the widening gulf betwixt rich and poor in the poem,' Humanity ' wherein an image of poverty is laid in following lines:A hapless motherOffers her to greedTo save her child from the hunger's death ; No roof to hide, no cloth to cover,No fire in heart to save honour ; Dirt and filth, sickness everywhere, Dirt and filth, sickness everywhere,The sufferings of the people touch the poet while writing about Bangladesh cyclone in the poem,' Bangladesh Cyclone; he describes how a famished man appears after the devastation.God-forsaken man sits in the middleAnd knows not whether he is dead or alive.'Portraits of Passion' is primarily a portrait of passion- passion in its varied and verdant forms and hues; passion for life, passion of love and passion to know the world around. The collection has a few love portraits in both meeting and parting frames of mind. Read following lines of the poem,' That Day':She held the portrait close to her heart And drank his form to the brim of eyes; What a gentle shine, what contentment, Her eyes spread in expression of her heart! What depth it had, what immortal warmth That he felt at loss to pierce far enow; Parting is the more intense form of love.The foretaste of the impending separation how withers souls and brings them closer in the milieu of climacteric gloom and silence is portrayed in the poem,' Gulf of Life and Death':Face to face, they sat in silence,No word to speak, no shine in eyes, Both blankly stared beyond each other; No world to smile, no light or sunshine,They sought each other for hope and comfortIn the eye of high tide of the time's drift.There are a few poems on the nature in this fascicle. Following three lines describe the full-moon in motion in her full glory through the demi-jour of the heaven in a mise en scene:The golden queen in the stride of royal graceAscended heaven with gold dusts splayedOn the fading silk-carpet of the thin sunshine ;The aureate beauty of the fullmoon day is painted in following lines : The night is full with beauty's sweet contrastsOf peace and passions, stillness and motionWith shades and twiligfits of sensuous quietude!A conflict of life and death and desperate waiting for something eerie and lovefull are lurking in many of the poet's writings and give his poems an arcane touch.
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