Blessing (poem)

Blessing (poem)

Blessing is a poem by Imtiaz Dharker.

This poem is set in a settlement in Dharavi in India, and it describes the pandemonium that would occur if a huge water folly were to burst and shower the parched locals with water. The water is described as "the voice of a kindly god", "silver" and a "blessing". Religious imagery is used throughout the poem, including the description of the clamouring locals as a "".It also uses the word 'god' without the capital letter, and this is of some significance, as it shows there could be more than one god, or that they have lost respect for their god(s). The poem has been included in the AQA Anthology for study at GCSE, where it appears under Cluster 1 in Poems From Other Cultures.

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* [http://www.open.ac.uk/crete/movingwords/pages/poetry/poems/blessing.html Text of the poem]


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