Evening Landscape By The River poem summary.

EVENING LANDSCAPE BY THE RIVER || (INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH) || JAYANTA MAHAPATRA

INTRODUCTION TO EVENING LANDSCAPE BY THE RIVER:

The poem "Evening Landscape by The River" is written by a famous poet Jayanta Mahapatra. In this poem the poet is conveying immense sadness that is beyond any type of typical heartbreak.

The memories of the dead people are affecting the narrator. It is very hard to imagine that they are gone. The narrator's mind is in deep sorrow. Thus, the poem flows around grief and mental pain.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF EVENING LANDSCAPE BY THE RIVER:

Jayanta Mahapatra is an excellent Indian English poet. He was born on 22 October 1928 at Cuttack in Orrisa. He is the first Indian poet to win Sahitya Akademic award in English poetry. By religion he is a Christian. He did his higher education in Patna, Bihar and did is graduated in Physics. In 1949 he became physics lecturer at Ravenshaw Collage Cuttack.        

SUMMARY OF EVENING LANDSCAPE BY THE RIVER:

The poem “EVENING LANDSCAPE BY THE RIVER” depicts a scene by the river in the evening in Orrisa. The narrator feels sad as he looks over the sense. The feeling of sadness makes him close his eyes. The atmosphere is gloomy. The gloomy atmosphere makes him forget everything even the faces of the dead people, the dear ones who are never coming back and are gone for-ever

Close to thee river, the fishermen live in broken shack. The shacks are in condition of repair. Even the light of the stars does not enter or leave them through the roofs. There is Temple nearby. The Temple stands in complete silence and is weak and cracking. The stillness shows that temple is lost in some kind of meditation.

In that area, nearby hut a six-months old, infant wakes up from its sleep and begins to crawl on dung-washed floor not knowing where he is going. It is evening and sound of light laughter is audible but one does not know where it is coming from. The river is full of water and in the dark of evening, the moonlight is falling unsteadily as if it were not there to continue. Uncertain light of the moon lies upon the surface of the river like a familiar ornament but that ornament is useless.