Poem Hunter 11 - Ode To Classic Poets Of Poem Hunter - William Wordsworth 1 Poem by Geeta Radhakrishna Menon
Poem Hunter 11 - Ode To Classic Poets Of Poem Hunter - William Wordsworth 1
My bonding with the poems
Of the Great Nature Poet,
William Wordsworth,
Began from school days.
The bonding was such that
I began to appreciate Nature
Through his beautiful words, verses
And his exquisite poems on Nature!
In school, I loved reciting the poem
"The Daffodils"!
" I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."
I must have repeated these lines
Innumerable number of times!
Strange it might seem, but
When I began learning Mohiniattam
While staying in Kochi in Kerala,
The first thing that struck me was
That I was dancing on the lines of
Wordsworth's poem.
Just as Daffodil's danced
In the fields of Lake district of England;
I always felt the style of Mohiniattam
Resembled the sway of the coconut branches,
And the bubbling backwaters of the exotic land of Kerala.
Everything differed, geography, language, culture!
Where was Kerala and where was Lake district? Yet,
Underlying it all, was a deep love, a link of dance and nature.
These were thoughts that entered my mind,
That I dare not disclose it to my teacher of Mohiniattam.
She was a pure traditionalist and a strong Keralite.
She would not have ever agreed with me
Had I told her about William Wordsworth.
For many years, I kept these thoughts like a secret,
The strong resemblance of dance and nature. Finally,
I poured my feelings through my pen into my of book.
Thank you for sharing with us more about your experience of dance and the secrets you kept form your teacher. Although the teacher might have understood, your experience of keeping a secret cultivated more power in you to create expressions replete with enigma and mystery. Wonderful story! Set as a poem!
(1) Most of us would swear by the name of great poets like that of William Wordsworth and could recall their poems read in our schools or colleges but there may not be many who have been so intensely influenced by these poems.
(2) So much so that this love was reflected in all their pursuits, be it professional or otherwise. Your bonding with their classical poetry has really been portrayed quite honestly and with humility. This is a very rare trait. Thank you so much, Geeta ji. This Ode is again a masterpiece.
I share your admiration of William Wordsworth, the poet of the Lake District and much more. His narratives flow easily in the line length which he chose. Your poem resonates with me.
the remembrance reminiscent beautifully described; greatly I enjoyed
What a beautiful mix of dance and poetry! The poem of Wordsworth imbibed in you a deep love for poetry and appreciation of nature.You are a true artist who have cutivated various art forms. I love your picture with William Wodsworth's house. It is a memorable piece of poem.
Part - 2 feeling the style of Mohiniattam. It is glad that you have visited his house in Rydal Mount in Lake District of England with your daughter Radhika in 1997 with the help of a kind hearted lady named Dr.Thilli Sinathiraja. This poem is a great tribute to William Wordsworth. Thank for taking nice step.10
Part - 1 William Wordsworth was a great classic poet whose poems are beautiful and centimental, In student career at high school we have read many poems written by him..You too, dear madam, have read many of his poems along with" The Daffodils" ! You have too performed Daffodil's dance in the fields of Lake district of England;
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/14/2024 5:51:44 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Wonderful introspective soliloquy, reiterating the fact that nature as also human perceptions about it's colorful manifestations are more or less same through out the universe. Demography, dialect and local conditions may give them just opposite shapes but in reality their essence is the same.. Thanks for sharing.10 points.