The Lunatic by Laxmi Prasad Devkota [Summary and Analysis of the Poem]

The Lunatic by Laxmi Prasad Devkota [Summary and Analysis of the Poem]

Summary & Analysis of The Lunatic - Mahakavi Laxmi Prasad Devkota Literal Comprehension In this poem, Devkota declares himself to be a lunatic. He goes on to explain his conditions in the poem. He says that he visualizes sound and hears the visible. He can taste fragrance and touch those things the existence of which the people deny. He goes on to show the difference between him and the people in society. He can do such things which a normal person can't do. He finds a flower in the stone. He speaks such language which can't be written printed nor can be spoken. In his calculation one minus, one is always one. He has six senses and has a heart instead of a brain. So, he gets Helen and Padmini in the rose. He is poetry whereas other people are prose. He tried to catch a dream which is impossible for a normal one. Then he claims that he speaks with a mountain and basks the heat of stars in cold January months. One day when he sang with tempos the so-called wise people took him to…