Citation

Saha S. J. Poetry Ther. 2016; 29(2): 89-104.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08893675.2016.1176161

PMID

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Abstract

Of all the Indian English Poets, Kamala Das (1934-2009) has achieved a significant position as a pioneer confessional poet writing in the same vein like her American counterparts like Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. She suffered a mismatched marital life leading her even to an attempt to commit suicide. Her husband, instead of providing a romantic ambience, engages himself in the continuous distancing by maintaining a cold relationship towards her. He considered her just as an object of carnal gratification. This attitude completely frustrated her. However, it will be my endeavor to show that it was the act of writing poems which helped her to get out of that claustrophobic situation. Poems gave her a therapeutic relief. In the presentation of this study, I have chosen a major poem "Composition" in this regard. She has used the mode of confession in her poems to achieve therapeutic value. © 2016 National Association for Poetry Therapy.

Language: en

Keywords

feminism; Confessional poetry; gender study; Indian writing in English; therapeutic