The poem tells the story of a boastful frog who sings loudly every night in the bog, annoying all the other creatures. One night, a beautiful nightingale sings and amazes everyone with her voice. The jealous frog then takes the nightingale under his wing, claiming to train her voice so she can attract larger crowds and make him more money. However, the frog pushes the nightingale relentlessly through exhausting practices. Her singing deteriorates and the crowds dwindle until she dies from the stress, while the frog continues singing without rival. The moral is about the dangers of naively trusting strangers who seek only to exploit one's talents for personal gain.
The Frog and The nightingale is a humorous and witty poem. We have made this presentation so that it will be easier for others to understand what Seth thought and meant. The ppt includes the summary, theme of the poem, poet and his works etc. Hope you learn a lot from it.
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The Frog and The nightingale is a humorous and witty poem. We have made this presentation so that it will be easier for others to understand what Seth thought and meant. The ppt includes the summary, theme of the poem, poet and his works etc. Hope you learn a lot from it.
A PowerPoint Presentation of the poem "The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram Seth. The presentation contains a brief introduction to the poet, bibliography, theme of the poem, a detailed summary, characteristics of the frog and the nightingale, poetic devices used, MCQs and a crossword.
The Frog and the Nightingale by Vikram SethDhruv Misra
This is a presentation about the poem 'The Frog and the Nightingale' by Vikram Seth. The presentation includes storyline, about the author, allegory (parallelism with real life), lessons drawn, characterisation and the role of satire.
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2. Once upon a time a frog
Croaked away in Bingle Bog
Every night from dusk to dawn
He croaked awn and awn and awn
Other creatures loathed his voice,
But, alas, they had no choice,
And the crass cacophony
Blared out from the sumac tree
At whose foot the frog each night
Minstrelled on till morning night
Neither stones nor prayers nor sticks.
Insults or complaints or bricks
Stilled the frogs determination
To display his heart's elation.
Divyanshu Gupta, X- ‘C’
3. But one night a nightingale
In the moonlight cold and pale
Perched upon the sumac tree
Casting forth her melody
Dumbstruck sat the gaping frog
And the whole admiring bog
Stared towards the sumac, rapt,
And, when she had ended, clapped,
Ducks had swum and herons waded
To her as she serenaded
And a solitary loon
Wept, beneath the summer moon.
Toads and teals and tiddlers, captured
By her voice, cheered on, enraptured:
“Bravo!” “Too divine!” “Encore!”
Divyanshu Gupta, X- ‘C’
4. So the nightingale once more,
Quite unused to such applause,
Sang till dawn without a pause.
Next night when the Nightingale
Shook her head and twitched her tail,
Closed an eye and fluffed a wing
And had cleared her throat to sing
She was startled by a croak.
“Sorry – was that you who spoke?”
She enquired when the frog
Hopped towards her from the bog.
“Yes,” the frog replied. “You see,
I'm the frog who owns this tree
In this bog I've long been known
For my splendid baritone
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5. And, of course, I wield my pen
For Bog Trumpet now and then”
“Did you… did you like my song?”
“Not too bad – but far too long.
The technique was fine of course,
But it lacked a certain force”.
“Oh!” the nightingale confessed.
Greatly flattered and impressed
That a critic of such note
Had discussed her art and throat:
“I don't think the song's divine.
But – oh, well – at least it's mine”.
“That's not much to boast about”.
Said the heartless frog. “Without
Proper training such as I
- And few others can supply.
You'll remain a mere beginner.
But with me you'll be a winner”
Divyanshu Gupta, X- ‘C’
6. “Dearest frog”, the nightingale
Breathed: “This is a fairy tale –
And you are Mozart in disguise
Come to earth before my eyes”.
“Well I charge a modest fee.”
“Oh!” “But it won't hurt, you'll see”
Now the nightingale inspired,
Flushed with confidence, and fired
With both art and adoration,
Sang – and was a huge sensation.
Animals for miles around
Flocked towards the magic sound,
And the frog with great precision
Counted heads and charged admission.
Though next morning it was raining,
He began her vocal training.
“But I can't sing in this weather”
“Come my dear – we'll sing together
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7. Just put on your scarf and sash,
Koo-oh-ah! ko-ash! ko-ash!”
So the frog and nightingale
Journeyed up and down the scale
For six hours, till she was shivering
and her voice was hoarse and
quivering.
Though subdued and sleep deprived,
In the night her throat revived,
And the sumac tree was bowed,
With a breathless, titled crowd:
Owl of Sandwich, Duck of Kent,
Mallard and Milady Trent,
Martin Cardinal Mephisto,
And the Coot of Monte Cristo,
Divyanshu Gupta, X- ‘C’
8. Ladies with tiaras glittering
In the interval sat twittering –
And the frog observed them glitter
With a joy both sweet and bitter.
Every day the frog who'd sold her
Songs for silver tried to scold her:
“You must practice even longer
Till your voice, like mine grows
stronger.
In the second song last night
You got nervous in mid-flight.
And, my dear, lay on more trills:
Audiences enjoy such frills.
You must make your public happier:
Give them something sharper snappier.
We must aim for better billings.
You still owe me sixty shillings.”
Divyanshu Gupta, X- ‘C’
9. Day by day the nightingale
Grew more sorrowful and pale.
Night on night her tired song
Zipped and trilled and bounced along,
Till the birds and beasts grew tired
At a voice so uninspired
And the ticket office gross
Crashed, and she grew more morose -
For her ears were now addicted
To applause quite unrestricted,
And to sing into the night
All alone gave no delight.
Divyanshu Gupta, X- ‘C’
10. Now the frog puffed up with rage.
“Brainless bird – you're on the stage –
Use your wits and follow fashion.
Puff your lungs out with your passion.”
Trembling, terrified to fail,
Blind with tears, the nightingale
Heard him out in silence, tried,
Puffed up, burst a vein, and died.
Said the frog: “I tried to teach her,
But she was a stupid creature –
Far too nervous, far too tense.
Far too prone to influence.
Well, poor bird – she should have
known
That your song must be your own.
That's why I sing with panache:
“Koo-oh-ah! ko-ash! ko-ash!”
And the foghorn of the frog
Blared unrivalled through the bog.
Divyanshu Gupta, X- ‘C’
11. Once upon a time a frog croaked in Bingle Bog all the night beginning from
dusk to dawn. All the creatures hated his loud and unpleasant voice but still
they did not have any other option. The voice came out from the sumac tree
where every night the frog sang till morning. He was so determined and also
shameless that neither stones, prayers or sticks nor the insults or complaints
could divert him from singing.
One night, a nightingale started casting her melody in the moonlight to which
both the frog and the other creatures were left dumbstruck. The whole bog
remained, rapt and admired her voice and applauded her when she ended. The
frog was obviously jealous of his rival and had finally decided to eliminate her.
So, the next night when the nightingale was again preparing to sing, the
frog’s croak disturbed her. On being asked about himself by the nightingale he
answered that he owned the sumac tree and he had been known for his
splendid voice. Also he said that he had written a number of songs for the Bog
Trumpet.
12. The nightingale asked him whether he liked her song or not. The frog said
that the song wasn’t bad but too long and it lacked some force. The
nightingale was greatly impressed that such a critic had discussed her song.
She said that she was happy that the song was her own creation. To this the
frog said that she needed a proper training to obtain a strong voice otherwise
she would remain a beginner only. He also said that he would train her but
would charge some fee.
Now, the nightingale was flushed with confidence and was a huge sensation,
attracting animals from miles away and the frog with a great accuracy
charged all of them admission fee. The frog began her vocal training despite
of the bad and rainy weather where even the nightingale had first refused to
sing. But the frog forced her to sing for six hours continuously till she was
shivering and her voice had become rough and unclear. But, somehow her
neck got clear the next day and she was able to sing again collecting a
breathless crowd including rich ladies kings queens etc. To all this, the frog
had both sweet and bitter feelings. Sweet because he was earning lots of
money and bitter because of jealously as his rival was earning name and
fame.
Summary
13. Everyday, the frog scolded her to practice even longer finding out her little
mistakes like nervousness not laying more trills and frills etc. He reminded her
that she still owed him sixty shillings and that s why the crowd should
increase.
But the condition of nightingale was getting worsened. Her tired and
uninspired song could no longer attract the crowd. She could not resist this as
she had become used to applause and thus had become miserable too. The
heartless frog scolded her even then calling her a brainless bird. She
trembled, puffed up, burst a vein and died. The frog said that he had tried to
teach her but she was foolish, nervous and tensed and moreover much prone
to influence. Then, once again the frog’s fog horn started blearing unrivalled
in the bog.
Summary
14. The moral of the poem is that being inspired and
influenced by someone much unknown and strange is
indeed a foolish work. The nightingale could have
very well judged that how could the frog with such a
harsh voice be music maestro and she had to suffer
for her misjudgment.
Many people in the human society also try to take
advantage of the innocence or ignorance of the
people.
15. Polite, soft, timorous. – “sorry
was that you who spoke”
Nervous and shy- “Did you, did
you like my song”
Timid and polite – “This is a fairy
tale. And you are Mozart in
disguise..”
Territorial and boastful – I’m the
frog who owns the tree. Technique
was fine, But it lacked certain force
Patronising – Without proper
training …You’ll remain a begnner.
Possessive, greedy – “We must
aim for better billings…..”
Arrogant and condescending – “I
tried to teach her… a stupid
16. Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta in 1952.
He left India to study at Oxford
His first novel,The Golden Gate, is written entirely in tetrameter
sonnets,
He won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize in 1986and the Sahitya Academy
award in 1988.
17. This poem byVikram Seth is a musical parody
where the Frog and the Nightingale represent two
contrasting characters.
The frog is the boastful, domineering character,
whereas the nightingale has been portrayed as a
meek, nervous, polite bird who is afraid of the frog.
She submits to him without any protest.
The poem has been told in the style of a story.
Starts “ Once upon a time … then the poem
progresses in a definite direction and finally concludes
with the death of the bird.