Searched Meaning For The Words In A Poem In Poemhunter! Poem by Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

Searched Meaning For The Words In A Poem In Poemhunter!



Ritzy -Luxuriously elegant
Gargantuan – of great mass; huge and bulky
Garish – tastelessly showy
Tumult:
1. An act of making a noisy disturbance,
2. Violent agitation,
3. A state of commotion, noise and confusion.
Alien:
1. A form of life assumed to exist outside the earth or its atmosphere
2. A person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
3. Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Eerie:
1. inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening,
2. Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious
Scurry – rushing about hastily in an undignified way
Clime – the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
Ethnic – Not acknowledging the God of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
Outlandish – conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
Splurge – any act of immoderate indulgence
An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc)
Be showy or (ostentatious – intended to attract notice or impress others)
Trundling – moving heavily
Rife – excessively abundant
Banal – repeated too often; over familiar through overuse
Hubbub – loud confused noise from many sources
Discordant – lacking in harmony
Clamour – loud and persistent outcry from many people
Huddle – disorganized and densely packed
Titanic – of great force or power
Yankee – used by southerners for an inhabitant of northern state in the US (especially a union soldier)
Spawns – the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or mollusks
Ruthless – without mercy or pity
Feral – wild and menacing
Sod:
1. surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots*
2. An informal British term for a youth or man
3. SOD – an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of super-oxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen.
Anachronism – an artifact that belongs to another time.
Discern – detect with senses
Zest – vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment.

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COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kanniappan Kanniappan 08 November 2013

Hi Wahab Abdul, Thanks for your comment. You are right in a sense! You can see while I am translating certain Tamil poems, I have to search and apply most suitable words which provide the exact meaning. I may not know many words. But when a learned person with qualification and experience gets the words spontaneously, we have to accept it. As you said, common word 'fire' can be easily understood, but conflagration can be used, if I know the word, for necessary rhyme, I hope.

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Wahab Abdul 08 November 2013

what should we use ''fire '' or conflagration in a poem? it is 'fire ' we should use, why? because our emotion does not come in uncommon words..if some use bomb-busting words, poems never become popular..and popularity has enough merit...

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Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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