Thursday, December 3, 2015

Please give a summary and critical appriciation of "The Lotus" by Toru Dutt.

The Lotus is
a sonnet that bears features of the debate poem. It deals with the issue of crowning a
flower as the queen. When Love looks for it, the choice cannot be made easily. Pets over the years have highlighted different aspects of the rose and lily, two
contenderscontenders for the high honour, and in each case it seems that one has
a better claim over the other. Two arguments - one each in favour of the rose and lily
- are presented in the first eight lines of the poem. As Love's search for the perfect flower continues, the sestet sees the resolution of the argument. Love wants to have the best possible feature in
"the queenliest flower that blooms". In such situation, it is the lotus which is given to Love which was not only
"rose-red dyed" but also
"lily-white" and is the most suitable candidate for the position of the queen of flowers. Although the poem is titled
'The Lotus', the flower is mentioned only towards the end of the poem. However, in characterising the lotus as
a flower which has combined features of the
rose and lily, Toru Dutt beautifully uses the so-called conflict between those two flowers to comment on the excellence of the lotus.

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