,8,! ,bir? ( a ,poem,0 by ,amrita
,pritam3 ,%ort ,/ory ,analysis
,8,! ,bir? ( a ,poem,0 is an
exi/5tiali/ ,punjabi ,9dian %ort /ory
p5n$ by fem9i/ poet1 noveli/1 %ort /ory
writ]1 & dramati/ ,amrita ,pritam4
,amrita ,pritam 0 a fam\s tw5tie?-c5tury
po/-,"pi;n poet & writ]1 & %e wrote h]
"ws 9 ,punjabi & ,h9di4 ,%e 2came well
"kn 9 ,9dia = h] poetry1 especially af !
,"pi;n ( ,9dia1 & is fam\s = h] prose1
especially h] novel ,8,! ,skeleton,0 or
',p9j>'1 ": %e br+s up ! topic ( fem9ism
& exi/5tialism4 ,9 ? %ort /ory titl$
,8,! ,bir? ( a ,poem,01 ! _w-r5[n$ woman
( lrs focuses on a myriad ( !mes t
culm9ate 9 a "* call$ ,ravi writ+ !
poetry he 0 m1nt to write despite sudd5
li/.s;s & exi/5tial crisis4 ,amrita
,pritam br+s \ ! r1son = ,ravi's
4illu.n;t ) life & all xs dross z !
exi/5tiali/ writ+s ( ! tw5tie? c5tury1
especially ! writ+s & ?"\s ( ! ,fr5*
philosoph] & writ] ,j1n-,paul ,s>tre4
,s>tre 0 "o ( ! l1d+ writ]s & ?9k]s #a
( exi/5tialism & made x fam\s 9 !
mid-tw5tie? c5tury4 ,o!r !mes hi
e nihilism1 lu/1 tempta;n1
s5sual;y1 =bidd5 p$ophilia1 s5sual
appetite1 ! d>k] side ( 9dividual;y1 !
m9d ( ! exi/5tial >ti/1 & ! obs]v] ( !
cemet]y3 ! vanities ( ! _w4 ,amrita
,pritam br+s \ ! moral 9 ? /ory t ?\<
mo/ ( ! agoni/s & a!i/s ( ! tw5tie? &
tw5ty-f/-c5tury claim t life is m unr1l
& full] ( non-2+1 yet by \r v human;y &
d>k] side1 we >e made to r1lize t we
9de$ exi/ & "!=e >e human4 ,& ev5 af 2+
ord]$ by ! p[]s t 2 t life m/ n 5d 9
will;l suicide1 ,amrita ,pritam1 "? !
^ws ( h] d>k "* poet ,ravi /ates t at
l1/ ! w ( ! p]son _c b5d to ! ord]s ( s*
tyrants & dictators1 2c ! w is free &
human4
,ravi is a poet by pr(es.n & "o :o is
4illu.n$ ) life4 ,he feels t he has n"e
despair$ 9 life & "!=e f9ds x m1n+.s4
,he wants to write a poem ab ! _w's
mis]y b is unable to write a s+le m1n+;l
^w 2c ( 8 exi/5tial crisis1 8 #b
nihilism1 8 li/.s;s1 & ! fact t he feels
t he has alw _h x easy dur+ 8 /ay on
e>?4 ,he feels he wd h lov$ to 2 c.t$
am;g ^? l ,s>tre1 :o m5;n$ t he _h to
write ^ws on pap] e "d z an apology =
exi/+4 ,h["e1 ,ravi 9/1d is am;g ^?
5joy+ life & ^: life1 s x seems1 0 n"e
too full ( h>d%ips4 ,we notice ?1
prim>ily "? ! symbology ( ! /r1m ( life
t is "u/&+ & n"e floods ! banks ( calm
r1son4 ,we r1lize t he is tauises l a v5om-fill$ snake 9 ! cle> /r1m
( 8 r1son = 8 "y] si/]-9-law ,mona4 ,by
2+ 9 ! ?roes ( ! mo/ s5sual pas.n & lu/1
he feels m human & w1k] ?an he has "e
felt4 ,he r1lizes t 8 desire = ! f\rte5
or fifte5-ye>-old ,mona is amoral & cd
co/ hm 8 rela;n%ip ) 8 wife1 8 3sci;e1 &
8 san;y4 ,notice h[1 immly by ? pas.n1 s
_m human pot5cies >e made app>5t 9 ! 2+
( ,ravi1 a man l any o!r4 ,r1liz+ 8
human;s made hm able to p5 8 poem1 af :
he seeks ! w>m1 com=t+ b$ ( 8 wife1 :
9dicates ! com=t z"o ( life4 ,note #c
h[ "! is an und5iable & \t"r attack on !
p]sonage ( ,ravi1 pa9t+ hm z a d>k
secret p$ophile4 ,he pret5d$ to 2 unable
to write a simple poem due to
exi/5tialism b is sure 9 8 r1son+ t he
want$ ! nak$ body ( 8 te5age si/]-9-law4
,"! >e two "ps to ? %ort /ory titl$
,8,! ,bir? ( a ,poem,03
_4 ,! ,exi/5tiali/ ,crisis
_4 ,! ,onslaue ! abv two "ps t trick ! r1d]
9to surr5d]+ \r bias4 ,we feel t s9ce
,ravi is an exi/5tiali/1 he is abv !
sway ( tempta;n4 ,we r1lize ! mo;t
,mona's h& re/s z a pap]weit >e
ma9ly writt5 is rev1l$1 & t is 2c (
human w1k;s & f9ite;s4
,at ! 2g9n+ ( ! %ort /ory1 we meet
,ravi return+ home to 8 ,dak ,bungal[1
9dicat+ t he 0 a well-to-d man4 ,he
returns to 8 wife & si/]-9-law = a dr9k
( hot c(fee & re/4 ,h["e1 ,ravi #d
decides to write a poem 9spir$ by !
v]dure or lu% gre5 vegeta;n ( ! region
he travel$4 ,h["e1 2c ( n f9d+ pas.n1 !
sp>k ( life1 & ! despair he l;g$ = 9 8
poem1 he la;ts l an 9di6]5t obs]v] ( !
_w go+ pa/ hm1 z if ! _w 7 a gravey>d (
dr1ms or a cemet]y4 ,he m5;ns ! "n (
,s>tre _m "ts & ! ^ws ( ,s>tre1 9dicat+
h[ 9flu;ed he 0 by ! advocate (
exi/5tialism4 ,he notes t he 0 n writ+ 8
poetry or do+ 8 >t3
_4 ,to w9 fame
_4 ,to w9 ! love ( a woman
_4 ,to w9 back lo/ love
_4 ,to m\rn ov] lo/ love
_4 ,to submit to a competi;n l a cock
fiily
be5 pessimi/ic ab exi/5tialism b cd h
se5 8 human w & 3trol ov] x z ! be/ way
to cr1te a bett] _w = hmf & o!rs1 z
m5;n$ 9directly 9 ! ^ws ( ,s>tre hmf3
,:5 ! ri* wage w>1 x's ! poor :o die4
,e exi/+ ?+ is born )\t r1son1 prol;gs
xf \ ( w1k;s1 & dies by *.e4 ,fre$om is
:at y d ) :at's be5 d"o to y4
.1,j1n-,paul .1,s>tre
,ravi1 ! poet1 unable to emote1 uses
analogies to expla9 h[ a poem is & %d
em]ge f ! recesses ( ! m9d & 3sci\s;s4
,! foll[+ >e ! ways he exp.ds ! same 9 !
text3
_4 ,he alludes to or comp>es a poem to
an ugly-look+ e>?worm t em]ges & is
born f ! hot soil4 ,9 ! same way1 a
poem is born f a h1t$ imag9a;n full (
vigor & pas.n4
_4 ,he !n says t e poem is ! * ( sil;e4
,he m1ns t ! poet has to 2 sil5t "u
duress 2c ! only ?+ he c d to give 8
?"\s a %ape is by cr1t+ a poem4 #f
_4 ,he !n adds a ,biblical allu.n to !
piece by 9dicat+ ! ,adam's tempta;n 9
! ,g>d5 ( ,$54 ,notice 9 ? "p ( ! text
h[ he h9ts t j l ,adam 0 tempt$ 9 !
g>d51 s wd he soon 2 tempt$ by ! s]p5t
t 0 8 p5is4 ,al1 note t ! s]p5t & n
,adam tempt$ ,eve4 ,by 9dicat+ t he 0
tak+ responsibil;y = 8 ac;ns & n blam+
! 5tire lu/;l desire on ,mona or
,8,eve,01 ,ravi 0 2+ a responsible
man6
_4 ,he !n calls 8 two m9ds a7ressive1 ":
bo? h two di6]5t id1s ab ! poem to 2
writt5 & "!=e wd cr1te unre/ 9 8 m9d4
_4 ,la/ly1 he calls ! poet1 ! >ti/ or
man 9 g5]al1 a victim ( mad;s4 ,s*
mad;s is due to exi/;e xf1 & s* an
9sane victim is 9 ! /rait4 ,x /ifles !
cr1tive imag9a;n ": o!rwise1 "! >e no
limits4 ,a poet c pass "? ! portals (
bir? & d1? & 2y "? 8 >t4
,"? ! p]sonage ( ! * or te5age #g
,mona1 we notice a girl repres5t+
fre%;s1 fei/i;s1 & y\?4 ,%e has gr[n 9to
a b1uti;l & well-5d[$ te5ag] & n[ cd
2come ! un"k+ victim ( h] bro!r-9-law's
sexual fantasies & desires4 ,%e is
objectifi$ by ,ravi :5 he ?9ks ( h] h& z
a pap]wei*al-m9d$ m5
,ravi & ev5 exi/5tiali/s wd see ! "y
lady n z an 9dividual b z a body to 2
us$ & abus$ ) _! viol5t & bas] p5etrat+
?"\s4 ,! cle> /r1m ( 8 r1son is !n 9vad$
by sexual & ]otic symbols ( manhood l !
p5is & ! sem5 or ! snake & ! v5om4 ,!
sexual braz5;s ( ,ravi is %ock+ :5 "o
r1lizes t ? 0 ! same man :o1 a mo;t ago1
felt devoid ( any emo;n & vital;y4 ,n[
he feels 8 ]ec;n gr[+ & ! sem5 9 8 ]ec;n
mak+ hm hot & p.d+ 8 v 2+4 ,h["e1 ? p.d+
he describes z rigor mortis1 : is /i65+
( ! jo9ts & muscles ( a body a few h\rs
af d1?4 ,he comp>es 8 ]ec;n = ,mona z
rigor mortis to 9dicate t ? lu/ wd #h
l1d to 8 doom & wd 2 a fatal bl[ to 8
com=t z"o & secur;y4 ,he manages to
escape rap+ 8 si/]-9-law 2c ( ! poem he
decides to write4 ,he p\rs \ or
ejaculates all 8 p5t-up desire & emis.ns
9to ! poem via 8 p54 ,?us1 he comes to
r1lize ! o!r m1n+ ( >t3 to hide ! d>k]
side ( human;y )9 xs myriad & v>i$ >t
=ms4 ,he is no l;g] "u ! illu.n t he is
a non-2+ b is aw>e t he has 2come n only
= hmf b al = ! r1d]1 a d>k p]sonal;y )
my/]ies & desires t ne$ 9ve/iga;n4 ,he
is n[ no l;g] a m]e obs]v] 9 ! cemet]y (
! _w4 ,! /ory 5ds ) ,ravi return+ to !
ne/ ( 8 dot+ wife4
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