1.
About the Poet - Dilip Chitre (1938 to 2009) was a
celebrated bilingual poet and translator with a remarkable work in Marathi and
English. He is creative painter, film-maker and famous magazine columnist.
2.
About the Title - The poem a biographical sketch of
Dilip Chitre’s own father. His father is a daily commuter of local train who
goes on long day work and return by the late evening train. Dilip Chitre
expresses his father’s estrangement from manmade world. His minuet observation
describes in this poem entitled as Father Returning Home. The poet shows the
loneliness and world-weariness of an old man in the modern society by depicting
a picture of his own father returning home from work.
3.
About the Poem – The poem is about a common man,
suburban commuter who works hard for his family. On the contrary this commuter
means poet’s father feels lonely in his own created world. He feels neglected
in this modern world by his family. So he finds himself unfit and secondary in
this modern society. His lives become dull, and unwillingly he forced to
alienation. His children refuse to share their joys and sorrows with the
father. Sense of anxiety forced him to retire into solitude. The poem shows his
journey of hardworking ends into painful loneliness of the selfish world.
4. Theme- The central idea or theme of the poem is man’s estrangement from a man-made world (Home). Here estrangement means – a state of separation from family, friends, or society. This sense also called alienation. In this poem poet’s father also faces the problem of estrangement in his own created world means family. Everyone including his own son and grandchildren avoid him. Obstinately they refused to share jokes and secretes. They consider him as an outsider or insignificant. Irony is that his feels isolated in his own family. He creates this world with his own hands by doing hard work but he remains isolated and unhappy.
5.
Poetic Style- The poem is written in simple narrative
form which is a monologue. The tone of the poem is gloomy. The various words
and description of the poem depicts miserable condition of the character. The
poem consists of two stanzas of 12 lines each. It is written in free verse with
no particular meter or rhyme scheme followed. And the lack of rhythm is
symbolic of the poet’s father’s ignored life. It is in first person narrative
where the poet-speaker narrates how his father returns home and what he does
afterward.
6.
Language and Poetic Devices: The language used in
the poem is very simple and easy to understand. As the poem is based on Indian
urban settings poet used simple Indian context like chapati, chapple. The
language used by poet is descriptive carries simple vocabulary. The language is
easy and simple but full of symbolic expressions and poetic devices like
simile. The poet uses many figures of speech to create effect in the subject.
Alliteration, Metaphor, Synecdoche, Transferred Epithet are vividly used in the
poem. Figures of speech like Personification, Onomatopoeia, and Simile are used
naturally. The example like weak tea, stale chapati, static radio, sullen
children, estrangement, standing silent, unseen eyes, soggy cloths, dimmed eyes
etc creates and develops seriousness of alienation problem in modern world.
7.
Special Features: The keen observation and pictorial
description of the poet is special. The poet describes it in such a manner that
readers feel pity for father’s pathetic condition. From the beginning to end
poem holds its gloominess with prolong scenes of father’s isolation which
remains same.
8.
Message, Values, and Morals: The poem gives message
of separation of man (old generation) from modern society. The modern
generation is not coping with old one. It focuses the communication gap as well
as life style of modern society. The father or old people are not for
negligence but for vigilance.
1) Discuss with your partner the difficulties that you face while commuting to and from the college by public transport.
Ans. i) Crowd
ii) Poor seat comfort
iii) Inadequate ventilation
iv) No real-time bus information
v) Bad and dirty smell
2) The similar problems are faced by the other commuters on the way to their workplace. Imagine their plight and suggest three solutions.
Ans. i)giving them your place to sit
ii) following the queue
iii) to support them to buy tickets
iv) to talk them to feel comfortable and happy
v) do not disturbing the fellow traveler
with loud noise
vi) Helping the elderly to board
3) Complete the following table :
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A |
B |
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The way our elders
take care of us |
The way you can
take care of elders in your family |
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Love and protect
us. |
Help them in daily
chores. |
|
Share their
life experience |
Teach
grandparents how to use mobile |
|
Teach us
traditional wisdom |
Spending time
with them |
4) Write your duties towards the following :
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FAMILY |
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Parents |
Siblings |
Grandparents |
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i)Be respectful ii) Share their work iii) Be responsible |
i) Be protective of them ii) Be friendly iii) Having spirit of sharing |
i) Care of them ii) Spare time to be with them iii) update them of technological
progress |
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SCHOOL/COLLEGE |
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Teachers |
Classmates |
|
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i) Be respectful ii) Be obedient iii) Be courteous |
i) Be helpful ii) Be friendly iii) Be humorous |
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