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Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T. S. (view source)
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The main theme in the "Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.” isn’t the loss of a friend but it’s human [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/foibles?s=t foibles], or character faults. The poem offers a [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satire?s=t satirical] look at how some people in India speak English, a device that the poet presumably used to get an Indian reader to laugh at himself. The poem misuses the present continuous tense and uses turns of phrases and [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/syntax?s=t syntax] found in the Indian language, like when Ezekiel writes, “Whatever I or anybody is asking/ She is always saying yes.” The poem also hints at dramatic irony if the reader infers that the speaker’s audience at the farewell party doesn’t know that his English is grammatically incorrect.
The main theme in the "Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S.” isn’t the loss of a friend but it’s human [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/foibles?s=t foibles], or character faults. The poem offers a [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/satire?s=t satirical] look at how some people in India speak English, a device that the poet presumably used to get an Indian reader to laugh at himself. The poem misuses the present continuous tense and uses turns of phrases and [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/syntax?s=t syntax] found in the Indian language, like when Ezekiel writes, “Whatever I or anybody is asking/ She is always saying yes.” The poem also hints at dramatic irony if the reader infers that the speaker’s audience at the farewell party doesn’t know that his English is grammatically incorrect.
====About the Author====
Nissim Ezekiel (24 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was an Indian Jewish actor, playwright, editor and art-critic. He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian writing in English.
Nissim Ezekiel (24 December 1924 – 9 January 2004) was an Indian Jewish actor, playwright, editor and art-critic. He was a foundational figure in postcolonial India's literary history, specifically for Indian writing in English.
