English Commentary: Points of View by Lucinda Roy
The poem “Points of View” by Lucinda Roy juxtapositions the stratum of society who live a frugal life and those who live a lavish one. In the modern age we still have people who are deprived of basic necessities like food, water, clothes, houses, etc. and on the contrary there are people who live an opulent lifestyle. Lucinda Roy has used water as a medium to express her concern towards these prevalent disparities. The main focus of the poem is not to explore the use and importance of water but it is to bring out the contrast between the two segments of the modern society.
The poem is divided into two stanzas. The first stanza is based on the women who are getting water in the traditional way. They have a hard lifestyle as they have to go to the rivers and wells to get water but they believe that they are destined to work hard for their families. They respect this tradition and recognise the essentiality of water in life. The poet used the word “life” as a metaphor to establish the importance of water. The second stanza talks about a modern woman who has a lot of facilities and comforts. She doesn’t have to walk long distances to get water but this has …show more content…
“Water” in this poem could be a metaphor for “free thoughts”. Then the poet could be trying to tell us that our society has modernised but we have curbed the mental freedom and made people conscious of the way they conduct themselves, interact with the people around them and their opinions and actions which in many cases leads them to have fake relations and give up on their dreams and passions as soon as such ideas come to their minds. The thought processes that the poet wants is described as “diamond-drops along trajectories” which implies that it is very crucial and valuable and everybody should aspire to have such
The poem “Points of View” by Lucinda Roy juxtapositions the stratum of society who live a frugal life and those who live a lavish one. In the modern age we still have people who are deprived of basic necessities like food, water, clothes, houses, etc. and on the contrary there are people who live an opulent lifestyle. Lucinda Roy has used water as a medium to express her concern towards these prevalent disparities. The main focus of the poem is not to explore the use and importance of water but it is to bring out the contrast between the two segments of the modern society.
The poem is divided into two stanzas. The first stanza is based on the women who are getting water in the traditional way. They have a hard lifestyle as they have to go to the rivers and wells to get water but they believe that they are destined to work hard for their families. They respect this tradition and recognise the essentiality of water in life. The poet used the word “life” as a metaphor to establish the importance of water. The second stanza talks about a modern woman who has a lot of facilities and comforts. She doesn’t have to walk long distances to get water but this has …show more content…
“Water” in this poem could be a metaphor for “free thoughts”. Then the poet could be trying to tell us that our society has modernised but we have curbed the mental freedom and made people conscious of the way they conduct themselves, interact with the people around them and their opinions and actions which in many cases leads them to have fake relations and give up on their dreams and passions as soon as such ideas come to their minds. The thought processes that the poet wants is described as “diamond-drops along trajectories” which implies that it is very crucial and valuable and everybody should aspire to have such