W.B.Yeats' 'introduction' To Gitanjali As A Piece Of Indian English Poetry Criticsim Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Whatever say you about W.B.Yeats, I am not going to accept
As he praised when had to admire and appreciate
But the loose and excess emotions loosened
In the works following it
He definitely criticized them
And Tagore lapsed in sentimentality
Is also a fact.

The critic says that the emotions and feelings expressed
In a novel way and taking by strike
Has really astounded him
And he is so full of praise for him and his work
Of the Oriental flavour
Brimming with classical love poetry
Which but he marks it.

Something as stupendously archetypal, racial and ethnic
Of Indian culture and tradition,
Something as patriarchal and hereditary
Of sociology,
Familial, societal ethics and tradition
Has been retained,
Has been used in.

It is but the work of a supreme culture
Where poetry and religion are same,
The lyrics are meaningful
To be searched and searched
Telling of images seen
In terms of the lover, the bride, the traveller.

The critic carries the book of verse in the manuscript form
Wherever goes he reading it in railway trains,
Or on the top of the omnibuses
Or in restaurants,
Reading it alone,
But hiding when someone comes to
And seems to be approaching
Who can but write it?

And you say he has not,
Yeats has depreciated, disparaged and belittled
Tagore,
Which he could not,
Yeats actually wanted to keep
His reputation high
Rather than making it repetitive.

His poetry has a peculiar sing-song quality
Rarely to be marked elsewhere
Together with a flow of word-music
And imagery classical,
The songs seconded
By personal sorrow and grief


Religious and philosophical with the passage of time,
His verses relate to the aspirations
Of mankind,
Marked by mystery,
Trend and tradition not so usual,
But a mark of culture and civilization
Seen through the pages,
The leaves of grass rustling by.