Book Review by #LITEROMA :: "Musings of a Romantic" by Dr. Shankar Kashyap
** Thanks to the author for sharing a review copy of the book.**
** Thanks to our reviewer Chitranshu Mandhar for reviewing the book on behalf of #Literoma. **
Genre: poetry / literature
“Musings of a Romantic” is not just another poetry book or anthology. I would say it is the mini-encyclopaedia of poetry. I have read many books on poetry but this book stands out of all. Why? Because of the lucid explanation of different kinds of poetry. It’s unbelievable that an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Shankar Kashyap, wrote this book and not someone who holds a PhD in English literature. The book begins with a brief introduction to the history of poetry and a few famous world renowned poetic works across the globe since the beginning of human civilization. There are over 200 forms of poetry, I was not aware this fact till I read this book, but the author has assimilated approximately 44 most popular forms which I believe not many people will be acquainted with. Every chapter of the book begins with a brief introduction to the history and the structure of that poetic form followed by examples penned by the author himself and a few by most famous poets in the history English literature. The poems written by Dr Kashyap in this book are truly mindgasmic.
"The electric feeling at the first smile, shared
Holding hands for the first time, the touch
The first kiss, tender and hesitant
Are they just memories of a dream, I dreamt?"
Another thing that caught my eye was the way the book is structured. It begins with the sonnet and ends with epistle and epilogue which resembles the life-cycle of humans. There are numerous poems related to, now extinct, river Sarasvati which follow the similar pattern of birth, praise, dissatisfaction and the death (ode, palinode, eulogy and epitah).
"The Sages tell me you raced from the mountains to the sea
And that you were mightier than the oceans
You carved the hard granite of the Shivalik’s
Into cavernous gorges, valleys deeper than the oceans."
The poet has beautifully described the beauty of the river in those poems.
It’s a perfect handy reference book for those who wish to study about different forms of poetry and its history; doesn’t matter if you are just a poetry lover or a student of literature or want to learn about poetry forms in general. If you write poems this book might help you in improving your skills.
My rating: 5*/5*. A must-have for every poetry lover’s shelf.
All the Literoma reviews are available at our page:-
https://literomagroup.blogspot.com/
** Thanks to our reviewer Chitranshu Mandhar for reviewing the book on behalf of #Literoma. **
Genre: poetry / literature
“Musings of a Romantic” is not just another poetry book or anthology. I would say it is the mini-encyclopaedia of poetry. I have read many books on poetry but this book stands out of all. Why? Because of the lucid explanation of different kinds of poetry. It’s unbelievable that an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr Shankar Kashyap, wrote this book and not someone who holds a PhD in English literature. The book begins with a brief introduction to the history of poetry and a few famous world renowned poetic works across the globe since the beginning of human civilization. There are over 200 forms of poetry, I was not aware this fact till I read this book, but the author has assimilated approximately 44 most popular forms which I believe not many people will be acquainted with. Every chapter of the book begins with a brief introduction to the history and the structure of that poetic form followed by examples penned by the author himself and a few by most famous poets in the history English literature. The poems written by Dr Kashyap in this book are truly mindgasmic.
"The electric feeling at the first smile, shared
Holding hands for the first time, the touch
The first kiss, tender and hesitant
Are they just memories of a dream, I dreamt?"
Another thing that caught my eye was the way the book is structured. It begins with the sonnet and ends with epistle and epilogue which resembles the life-cycle of humans. There are numerous poems related to, now extinct, river Sarasvati which follow the similar pattern of birth, praise, dissatisfaction and the death (ode, palinode, eulogy and epitah).
"The Sages tell me you raced from the mountains to the sea
And that you were mightier than the oceans
You carved the hard granite of the Shivalik’s
Into cavernous gorges, valleys deeper than the oceans."
The poet has beautifully described the beauty of the river in those poems.
It’s a perfect handy reference book for those who wish to study about different forms of poetry and its history; doesn’t matter if you are just a poetry lover or a student of literature or want to learn about poetry forms in general. If you write poems this book might help you in improving your skills.
My rating: 5*/5*. A must-have for every poetry lover’s shelf.
All the Literoma reviews are available at our page:-
https://literomagroup.blogspot.com/
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