Vol. 4 No. S-6 (2022): Volume 4, Issue S-6, Year 2022
Articles

Cultural Traditions in Poet Meera's Free Verses

Ramesh V
Department of Tamil, PGP College of Arts and Science, Namakkal- 637207, Tamil Nadu, India

Published 2022-07-30

Keywords

  • Meera Poems,
  • Cultural Norms,
  • Contemporary Society,
  • Poet Meera

How to Cite

V, R. (2022). Cultural Traditions in Poet Meera’s Free Verses. International Research Journal of Tamil, 4(S-6), 249-255. https://doi.org/10.34256/irjt22s635

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Abstract

Meera's poems are classical, verse, satire, poems, poets' forum, and short poems. He also made his mark in the world of journalism through "Annam Vidu Thoothu, Kavi, Om Shakthi, and Moota Magazine." He is the recipient of many distinguished awards. He is a professor, fighter, poet, essayist, journalist, publisher, printer, and founder of the press, who created various dimensions. In the Tamil literary tradition, free verse, a literary form, has been of great value and influence in the last century and the present century. There were many innovations and revolutions in the subject matter and the method of singing, and a number of new poems were created. Not only that, but free verses are also being created today about the cultural virtues, thoughts, human emotions, and humanities that should be possessed by man. In this way, this article explores the cultural norms of contemporary society found in the poems of Meera, who is the pioneer of new poetry.

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