CORONA SAYS
About the author
Vishnu S Rai (1951-) was
educated in India, Nepal, and the UK. He taught English at Tribhuvan University
for three decades and retired as Professor of English Language Education. Rai
writes both in English and Nepali. He has written stories Martyrs & Other
Stories (English), play Realities (English), travelogues Nau Dandapari
(Nepali), and a novel Paheli (Nepali). But above all he is a poet and he has
published Sudama (a semi epic in Nepali), Jeevan (a collection of poems in
Nepali), Vagabond Verses (a collection of poems in English), and Tritiyaki joon
(a collection of songs and gazals in Nepali, and his English poems are taught
in Nepal and abroad. Rai is known as a poet of human emotions.
The poem, Corona Says, written on the theme of the
present world crisis Corona and its devastating impact on human life, is a
subtle satire on man's conduct and attitude. It views Covid 19 as the byproduct
of man's treatment to nature.
Summary of the Poem:
The poem “Corona Says” is
a poem written by Vishnu S. Rai. It is on the theme of the pandemic covid-19
which is caused by corona virus and its devastating impact. It is one of the
most burning crises of the present world. From the title of the poem it is
clear that Corona is saying something to humans. Now a days, corona is quite
common among the people of the earth. All are quite familiar with it. This
pandemic has taken the lives of many people of the world.
The speaker
of the poem is corona. It asks the listeners, human beings not to cry and curse
for its damage because the listeners are polluting the earth. Because of their
irrational behaviours, corona is compelled to come to the earth. In
fact, it has been invited. Corona, (like other pandemics), is the result of human
behavior and activities that are not responsible for nature. It claims that their activities have invited it. Because
of their invitation corona has no choice except letting people suffer and die.
The speaker also claims that the number of deaths is caused by wars is higher
than the death caused by corona virus.
In this
poem human superiority over other creatures in the earth is criticized sharply.
The pandemic questions us that other inferior creatures have much freedom than
us. We are taking us as the most intelligent one but we are becoming victim due
to the pandemic. Our so called superiority is useless. We think ourselves as
the king of the earth. We can easily sell or kill the living organisms flying
in the sky, living in the ocean and crawling on land, which are now free and
not affected by the pandemic but we are in great trouble.
In the
poem, some positive impacts of the disease are mentioned. Because of the pandemic
the blue sky is clean and clear without dust and smoke because human beings are
in the situation like the animals in a cage. They can’t do any activity outside
their homes. They have the feeling like caged animals. The earth has got very
good chance to take rest.
The speaker
threatens us that other creatures like it will come to the earth if we don’t
change or stop our inflated (air-filled) ego. In that situation we have to stay
or remain in the cave which happened many years ago.
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