The Only Religion was written by Cecil Rajendra and it is a poem solely meant to show how similar people take football to religion. Football or soccer has stirred up passion in spectators and players for so long. It has been around in sports arena for 150 years and counting but still it’s getting more popular day by day. There are no other sports in the world that drove human head over heels and perhaps like nothing else known to humankind. Bill Shankly once said: “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.”
The poem unfolds by a portrayal of a religion that calls everyone from all walks of life to bestow upon it. Speaker stressed that people regardless of their physical characteristics, political persuasion and beliefs too will be drawn to the religion. In this stanza, the first word ‘It’ appears to be a very vague subject. Speaker uses metaphor in describing ‘It’ as he refers ‘It’ as a religion. Reading the first stanza, one cannot help but question what kind of religion is ‘It’. Does ‘It’ literally refer to any religion? In the second stanza, speaker …show more content…
Cecil also portrayed his attitude towards the obsession of football which he despises. He is meant to tell people how football can be a malignant influence for certain people that they can go as far as committing crimes, hurting themselves etcetera. The poem is heavily based on metaphor of religion and football. Throughout the poem, we can simply confer that whether or not football is religion we should never forget that each and every person has their own beliefs. Both sport and religion are in their basis good and it is on us to bring out the potential for good and eliminate the space for abuse and bad
The poem unfolds by a portrayal of a religion that calls everyone from all walks of life to bestow upon it. Speaker stressed that people regardless of their physical characteristics, political persuasion and beliefs too will be drawn to the religion. In this stanza, the first word ‘It’ appears to be a very vague subject. Speaker uses metaphor in describing ‘It’ as he refers ‘It’ as a religion. Reading the first stanza, one cannot help but question what kind of religion is ‘It’. Does ‘It’ literally refer to any religion? In the second stanza, speaker …show more content…
Cecil also portrayed his attitude towards the obsession of football which he despises. He is meant to tell people how football can be a malignant influence for certain people that they can go as far as committing crimes, hurting themselves etcetera. The poem is heavily based on metaphor of religion and football. Throughout the poem, we can simply confer that whether or not football is religion we should never forget that each and every person has their own beliefs. Both sport and religion are in their basis good and it is on us to bring out the potential for good and eliminate the space for abuse and bad