Task-2 I.A.Richards: Verbal Analysis of Poem.

 Hello friends!!

I Am student of English department of MKBU. And here we find my blog on thinking activity given by our prof.dilip Barad sir. The topic is I.A. Richard Verbal analysis of poem/song lyric/hymns/ devotional songs or any poetic expression in any language by keeping in mind the kind of misunderstanding according to 'figurative language'.

First we know that the language of poetry is purely emotive, in its original primitive state. This language affects feelings. Hence we must reading of poems. Words in poetry have an emotive value and the figurative language used by poets conveys those emotions effectively and forcefully.

I.A.Richard theory of the figurative language and the some points are important to understand like: meaning, language, simile, metaphor and Symbol.  Here we find the four Misunderstanding of Language:

(i) Misunderstanding of the sense of poetry: Careless, intuitive reading (rhyme or irregular syntax).

(ii) Over-liter reading – prosaic reading.

(iii) Defective scholarship.

(ix) Difference in meaning of words in poetry and prose.

In this way the figurative language used by Mala Kapdiya. First time we read can't understand what is say but two or three time u read that time little bit understand se points. First we have to more practice and do experiments on it to understand the language. This poem is also a problematic to easily to understand. While we read verbal study.

આ સાંજને

કેવી માયા છે મારી ઉદાસી સાથે!

તે પણ ચુપચાપ છે

મારા ક્ષુબ્ધ શ્વાસની માફક.

રોજ સવારે,

સૂર્ય નહિ,

એક ઇચ્છા ઊગે છે.

પાછલી રાતનાં શમણાં

ગુલમહોર થઈ ઊગે છે આંખોમાં

બારણાંને ટેરવે એક પ્રશ્ન

‘એ આવશે?’

રોજ સાંજે,

સૂર્ય નહિ,

એક ઇચ્છા ઢળે છે.

અને સાંજ

મારી ઉદાસીનો મલાજો પાળે છે!

~ માલા કાપડિયા 

Let's discuss about figurative language on this poem "aa sanjne" it is best  Gujrati Poem of Mala Kapdiya.

Misunderstanding:-

When we read this poem during that time it increases the question in our mind that what this poem is taking about and also our mind thinks what message this po gives us. When I read the first line of those poem, I think that it is misunderstanding and also difficult to easily understand, first line of poem.

"આ સાંજને

કેવી માયા છે મારી ઉદાસી સાથે!''

Here same different like Maya, udasi and sanj. How possible to sanj became sadness. This is impossible to evening as part of human emotions. Here poet used of symbols and create poem in well written form. After When we read word by word this poem that time some difficult to understand but poet used effective and figurative language such as 'shvas', 'shamna','terva','udas' etc.. I can't say this is a proper interpration of poem starting with sanj but sanj not became a sadness but here we take meaning like evening time like darkness because that time not any light and everywhere we find darkness. Here poets used this type of meaning and after became a proper poem. Here poets used nature element on Haman emotion. It is a problematic and can't understand in proper way.

Metaphor and Visual Image:-

Metaphor is best figure of speech. Used the metaphor that's became more attractive. Like Indian poetics school of Alankara. Here poets used many mataphor like shubdha shvas, gulmohar, barna ne terva..so and so. And also used of personification.

Here we read this poem that time we find some thing say the poet's in those words. Hidden meaning of the words we can't understand. But same words thing that tebsame visual image create in mind. Udasi same word read u that time dark and bright images came on mind.

Intention of poet:-

The poet speaks with hopeful life. Mala Kapdiya talk about the darkness and struggling life. She not find the brightness it means to hope can change a time. Same time became the happy movment and this not able to stay in last but it stay a few second and darkness take her place. We find the evening and sun two type of symbols give a way to understand on this poem.

Use the  Indian poetics:-

Here we find the vakroti in this poem. Poet can't say in direct but indirectly say. I read the last line of poem:

સાંજ મારી ઉદાસીનો મલાજો પાળે છે!

Malajo pale here poets not use direct meaning but here vakroti it means not say simple but say something hidden. 

Conclusion:-

In this way the figurative language used by Mala Kapdiya. So we can't understand it easily, what she say. We have to do experiments on it to understand the language but I try to explain some point in my point of view.

Thank you