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    The poem depicts the pain and suffering of lonely, rejected people through the eyes of a cactus. The cactus reveals its existence through causing pain and drawing blood from those who touch it. It dislikes lovers who are unfaithful. Once it had flowers, but they were crushed by travelers in the desert. The cactus communicates through sharp thorns and criticizes those who only appreciate superficial beauty.

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    The poem depicts the pain and suffering of lonely, rejected people through the eyes of a cactus. The cactus reveals its existence through causing pain and drawing blood from those who touch it. It dislikes lovers who are unfaithful. Once it had flowers, but they were crushed by travelers in the desert. The cactus communicates through sharp thorns and criticizes those who only appreciate superficial beauty.

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    The poem depicts the pain and suffering of lonely, rejected people through the eyes of a cactus. The cactus reveals its existence through causing pain and drawing blood from those who touch it. It dislikes lovers who are unfaithful. Once it had flowers, but they were crushed by travelers in the desert. The cactus communicates through sharp thorns and criticizes those who only appreciate superficial beauty.

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    Cactus

    By K Satchidanandan

    Summary

    The poet conveys through the poem that Cactus makes its existence known to others
    through pain and blood. If anyone touches or sympathizes with it, is cursed by a prick
    from its thorns. Once cactus had flowers but not now. It dislikes the lovers who cheat.

    About the poet

    K Satchidanandan is a major Indian poet. He writes in Malayalam and English .He is


    a critic, editor and a translator. He is a pioneer of modern poetry in Malayalam. He is
    a former editor of Indian literature and the former secretary of Sahitya Akademi. He is
    the most widely translated of contemporary Indian poets. He has 23 collections of
    poetry in 19 languages including English, Irish, Arabic, Chinese, French, German and
    Italian besides all major Indian languages. A fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi
    and has won 32 literary awards and fellowships.

    Essay

    The poet K Satchidanandan depicts the pain and suffering of people through the eyes
    of the Cactus. In this poem the poet talks about the people who are sad, lonely and
    rejected. The poem throws light on the Cactus being angry and the warning which is
    given by the Cactus. It reveals its existence to others through pain and blood. It is
    because whenever people touch they get hurt.
    A cactus is not taken into consideration for its beauty. Once it had flowers. It does
    not like the lovers who cheat. Cactus criticizes the poets who glorify only the external
    beauty for which they abandoned the deserts in search of the beautiful plants in
    gardens.But in the hot desert, only camels and merchants travel and they crush the
    flowers to dust.
    Cactus is capable of living with less quantity of water. One thorn for each drop of
    water. Cactus don't tempt butterflies. No single bird praises the cactus. It doesn't want
    them to bleed because of its nature. And the cactus doesn't want to yield to drought.
    Cactus creates another world of beauty beyond the boundaries of moonlight. It is
    full of dreams but in the real world Cactus has a sharp and piercing parallel language.

    Short questions

    1. What according to the Cactus is its language?


    2. What is the poet convey in the poem?
    3. What is it that the cactus don't tempt?
    4. What did the poets abandon?
    5. What is the poem cactus imply?

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