3. Shanta Janardan Shelke (born 19 October 1922; died 6 June 2002) was
a Marathi poet and writer.She was a journalist, a professor, a composer, a story writer,
a translator, a writer of child literature, someone who presided over literary gatherings,
and more. Her poems deals with the problems that Indian women face.Some of her
compositions became immortal either as stand-alone poetic works or as songs sung
by Marathi greats like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosale and Kishori Amonkar, to name
a few.
5. Stanza III
Difficult questions
she has simplified for herself;
fitted the tangle
Into a simple frame;
on her face
she has made distaste smile,
like moonlight that makes everything smooth.
But sometimes totally in despair,
a flower crumpled in a fist, she
rises again, smiles , or sings to herself,
thought hers is not a musical voice.
6. Word Meaning
Simplified made simple.
Tangle difficulties in life(here).
Frame main structure that gives it its shape.
Distaste dislike.
Despair(n & v) the state of having lost all hope.
Crumpled pressed to wrinkle.
Fist tightly closed hand.
7. Simile
A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to
another.
