Thamizhanban's Abstract Poem-An Interpretation by the Blogger

THAMIZHANBAN’S ABSTRACT POEM-
AN INTERPRETATION BY THE BLOGGER
Here we can see stanza by stanza and try to understand the meaning
A boat is arriving
Swimming across
the waves of
voiceless darkness
‘Boat’ stands as a symbol for the poet or his poem. The poet sees himself emerging to serve the oppressed people of the society.’Darkness’ is a symbol for poverty and ignorance. The ignorant poor lack a voice to register their protests for the trials and tribulations carried over by the ruling minority. The poet/his poem is arriving to serve them at this juncture.
A boat is arriving
To make much excitement
To the penance
carried out
by the mind of the mother earth
The mind of the mother earth is doing a penance to bring a golden era of equality among the mankind. It is a tough penance, tougher than all the previous penances. But here comes the poet/the poem, which is capable of granting the request of the mother earth.
during the night
and shaped
out of the black
taken from
the women’s eyes
in the acute darkness
which pervaded
sky-high
‘Night’ means the darker days of the history. ’Black’ is a symbol of agony and grief. The poet/his poem is arriving at a period while the women are perpetrated by the male domination.
is the boat
carrying the suitable
answer-bridegrooms
to put marriage garlands
to the bride-questions
which have attained puberty?
The poet/his poem should carry suitable solutions for the challenges, which are prevalent in the society, which make the task of attaining a socialist pattern of society a tougher one.
Is the boat
coming in the destined night
carrying sunlight which will
melt out
the frozen song
lying in the
strings of
the soul-lyre?
The spirit of humanism is the’ frozen song’. Is the poet/his poem capable of rejuvenating the spirit of humanism which is absent in our society?
Is there a detailed
Notes
Coming
For the intriguing
Stories of disgust
Hatched up in the eggs
Laid by the birds called
‘eyebrows.’
‘Eyebrows’ symbolize the theoreticians, who are always forming theories with a negative approach predicting only nihilism and anarchy as the immediate ends. The poet/ his poem is carrying a detailed manifesto for the working class to achieve a welfare society.
Does there arrive
The youthful sunlight of
A cool flower
Capable of
Alleviating the worries of
The dusky soul
Affected by the eclipse
In the margins of the lips?
‘The lips’ here symbolize the media and the eclipse is the silence prevalent in the media about the sorrows and miseries of the downtrodden. The ‘dusky soul’ or the man in the street is worried about the absence of their problems and issues not portrayed by the media. The poet/his poem is capable of representing the worries of the weaker section of the society.
Is a seed of whip
Coming
For the haphazard views
Which neglect
the rights of the flesh
Indulging in
extreme appreciation of
the shining skin?
The ‘flesh’ (of the fruit) represents the working class and the ‘skin’ represents the creamy layer of the society. Till now only the creamy layer of the society was spoken about neglecting the working class. The haphazard views will be thrown out by the poet/his poem.
Does the boat
Carry any medicine
To the quivering soul
Wounded by the
hands of the clock?
‘Hands of the clock’ means time. There are many wounds by the perpetration carried on the working class by many rulers in the past periods. The scars are there which tell the sad stories. Now the poet/his poem carries a suitable medicine to heal their wounds.
By the waves of saffron
The oppressed class
Is hurt.
Is there any
Panacea
Coming for the
Renaissance of them?
‘Saffron’ is a symbol of religious fundamentalism. All religions have done a great deal of harm and injury to the toiling section of society, as revealed by the history. The poet/his poem is carrying a panacea-that is socialism-for their health.
Has the boat, made of Bodhi tree,
neglected instructions
And is
Carrying weapons for a war?
The poet, who is a follower of Buddha, now feels sorry to neglect the kind and mild way of ‘Love’ and take the rebellious path of revolution. Fierce and forceful struggle alone is capable of bringing a change in the society.