the frog and the nightingale

1. The Frog and
the
Nightingale
The Frog and the
Nightingale
By Vikram
Seth

2. Group 5
Group Leader
Nivedita
Asst. Group Leader
Rishika
Members
Ruchi
Sakshay
Lalit
Submitted To
Mrs. Shashi
Dabra

3. Contents
Introduction
About The Author
Comics
Summary
Character sketches
Moral
Poetic Device
Questions

4. Introduction
The poem ‘The Frog and The Nightingale’ by
Vikram Seth is an apologue. The poem uses a
Knavish Frog and a Gullible Nightingale to
aesthetically present the parody on the modern
society. The story revolves around the nightingale,
immensely gifted and equally insecure, shamelessly
exploited by devious frog. It Ultimately resulted in
the demise of the bird with the frog regaining his
earlier stature as the Bog sole’s SINGER.

5. About The Author
Vikram Seth is an
Indian poet,
novelist, travel
writer, librettist,
children's writer,
biographer and
memoirist.
Vikram Seth was
born on 20 June
1952 to Leila and
Prem Seth in
Calcutta
(now Kolkata). His

6. He has received
several awards
including Padma
Shri, Pravasi
Bharatiya
Samman, WH
Smith Literary
Award and
Crossword Book
Award.
He attended St.
Xavier's High
School.
Seth spent part of
his youth in London
and returned to
India in 1957.
His family lived in
many cities including
the Bata Shoe
Company town of
Batanagar, Danapur

7. One Night a
NIGHTINGALE came. Croak
Croak
Uff tat’s
so
irritating

8. Her melodious voice stole everybody’s
heart except the frog who was jealous
He than decided to introduce himself to the
sweet bird
What’s a
melodious
encore
To
divine

9. He promised nightingale to make her superstar of jungle
and started giving her training.
And so nightingale became more and
more popular day by day and frog who was getting rich
was jealous of her too.
Who are
you
Its me the
owner of this
tree, and am
the baritone
of this area
I will train you
and soon u
will be a great
melody of this
area.
Oh
really.

10. And so the frog made her to practice
continuously due to which she got tired
and her voice also got affect.
The audience was really shocked when
nightingale sang and they went away.

11. Because of poor audience The frog scolded
nightingale due to which she lost her confidence.
And get depressed and continuously exploited by
frog.
Sa re ga
ma pa
dha ni sa
Sa…..—
re ..—
ga…huh
What’s
wrong
to her
voice.

12. Depressed
Timid
Unconfident
What’s
wrong to you.
How badly
you have
performed
today.Sorry ….so
sorry

13. She practiced continuously and at the end burst
her vein and unfortunately she died
And the frog became the unrivalled king of the bog.
THE
END

14. Summary
• Once upon a time, a Frog
used to croak in Bingle Bog.
• He used to croak without
concern from morning till
evening light and did not
care about how other
creatures felt about his
singing.

15. •One night a Nightingale perched
on the sumac tree and held the
attention of the whole bog with
her melodious voice.
•The Frog introduced himself to
her as a famous singer and critic,
and offered to train her to hone
her singing.
•The Nightingale was flattered
and accepted, hoping to become a
master musician like him.
•The Frog organised her concerts

16. •She was going more and more
popular. Everybody there use to
appreciate her voice.
•He made her practice day and night,
even in the rain, straining her vocal
cords.
•The Nightingale lost the natural
charm of her music and the audience
started dwindling due to her
uninspired performances.

17. •Though outwardly, the Frog did
condole her death, inwardly he was
very happy that he had got rid of
her. He called the Nightingale
stupid for being so gullible and
simple-minded and accused her of
not singing her own original songs
just as he did. •Once again the
crass cacophony of the Frog blared
out from the sumac tree. He had
become the unrivalled singer of the
bog again.

18. Character
Sketches
FROG
words that can be used to describe the Frog
are:
Boastful, Possessive, Patronizing,
Persuasive, Arrogant, Authoritative,
Heartless, Dismissive, Critical, Imposing,
Commanding, Calculative, Crafty,

19. NIGHTINGALE
words that can be used to describe the
Nightingale are:
Polite, Shy, Timid, Honest, Meek, Melodious,
Gentle, Benevolent, Humble, Sweet, Beautiful,
Foolish, Innocent, Naïve, Scared, Fawning,
Servile, Submissive, Simple and Generous.

20. Moral
The nightingale, when she first arrived in the bog, had a beautiful, original voice that all the
bog loved. She enjoyed her singing; it made her happy. The frog, jealous and greedy, seized
upon her innocence and found a way to both make money and to rid himself of his
competition.
He took her talent and attempt to perfect it. In a sense, he attempted to fix what wasn't
broken. He made singing unpleasant for her, forced her into multiple practice sessions in
poor conditions. Finally, these sessions killed her.
There will always be someone willing to take away a person's beauty and joy. Most people do
not understand that a coach is pushing for personal fame or a parent is pushing to relive his
youth through a child until it is too late. The result could be hatred of a sport one first loved,
injury, or even death.

21. Poetic device
Alliteration:
Bingle bog
dusk to dawn
crass cacophony
Night a Nightingale
Toads and teals and tiddlers
Art and adoration
Songs for silver
Better billings
Birds and beasts
Personification:
Animals and birds have been personified and they have been given human like
characteristics.
Allegory:
The poet allegorizes the corrupt face of the modern world where greed, fame and
competition outweigh the ethics and values
Repetition:
awn and awn and awn
ko-ash, ko-ash
Metaphor:
Mozart in disguise
Solitary loon
Irony:
The poet makes use of
irony to enliven the
craftiness of the Frog.

22. Questions
Q1) Where did the Frog croak?
In Bingle Bog
Q2) What kind of reaction did the animals display to the frog's song?
They hated it
Q3) What did the frog claim to be?
The owner of the sumac tree
Q4) In which weather does the nightingale not prefer to sing?
Rainy weather
Q5)The birds and beasts stopped coming to the concert because the
nightingale's song ___
Was uninspired