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Vikram seth

Vikram Seth was born on 20 June 1952 in

a Punjabi family to Leila and Prem Seth in

Calcutta (now Kolkata).

Seth spent part of his youth in London but

returned to his homeland in 1957. He

received primary education at Welham

Boys' School and then moved to The Doon

School. While at Doon, Seth was the

Editor-in-chief of The Doon School

Weekly. After graduating from The Doon

School in India, Seth went to Tonbridge

School, England to complete his A-

levels where he developed an interest in

poetry and learned Chinese. After leaving

Oxford, Seth moved to California to work

on a graduate degree in economics

at Stanford University. He then went on to

study creative writing at Stanford and

classical Chinese poetry at Nanjing

University in China.

Frog in bingle bog

Once upon a time a frog croaked in bingle bog

every night. His voice was very and unpleasant.

He croaked in a loud noise continuously

throughout the night.

A nightingale comes there and sings

One night in the clod moonlight, a nightingale

came there. She perched on the sumac tree and

began to sing melodiously. All the creatures in

the bog cheered and clapped her song, ducks

swam to listed to her. Toads herons teals and

toddlers also reached there to listed to

Her song when she ended. They all clapped.

Frog meets her

Next night the frog went to the nightingale and haughtily introduced

himself as the owner of the tree. He also said that he had long been known

for his splendid baritone.

Nightingale praises him

The nightingale felt flattered that such a great critic of art had discussed

her art of singing. The frog, however added that she would merely remain

a beginner without his proper training herself.

Training starts

Fired by art and adulation she sang so sweetly that animals from miles

flocked there.

Sweetly those animals from miles flocked there. Soon she became famous.

Among the birds were many titled ones. Owl of sandwich, duck

of India began to listen.

Conclusion

The frog called her stupid and said that she was prone to influence. He

told that he had tried to teach her. But she was a stupid creature. She was

nervous and tense also. He also added that she should have known that her

song must be one’s own like that of his. And he was, again, the undisputed

king of bog. He sang confidently in the bingle bog.

1. Alliteration - toads and teals, Bingle bog , crass

cacophony2. Metaphor- The frog has been compared to a Mozart,

a famous Austrian music composer who has come to

help her3. Antithesis- (using 2 opposite words in the same line)-

With a joy was both sweet and bitter.

4. Repetition- Ko-ash Ko-ash, awn & awn

5. Irony (saying something and meaning the opposite)-

(frog says) - Your song must be your own.

6. Personification- Here Animals And Birds Have Been Personified

And They Have Been Given Human Like Characters

The frog has a boastful and patronizing nature. He also

portrays jealousy as the nightingale surpasses him in

term of singing and admiration from a crowd who

loathed his voice.

He is also condescending, and scolds the nightingale in

every mistake she makes in an attempt to lower his

rivals self-confidence & self esteem. He succeeds in

doing so.

He is also shown to be money minded, with a capitalistic

character (selling the nightingale's song for money).

The nightingale has a shy or timid nature. She is also

naive and innocent, as she believed in a stranger (Frog)

could actually help her. She is also extremely trusting,

having failed to see the jealous motive of the frog who

destroy here mentally and physically. She also doesn't

fight for her rights, as she was forced to sing in bad

weather. She also gets addicted to the crowd's

applause.

In the end, it's her innocence and a weak character

along with lack of self-confidence that leads to her

death