There was a Country: Analysis
Parameters of Poetry The Poem, "There Was a Country" was written by a Sri Lankan Poet, Yasmine Gooneratne. In this poem, the title itself has a justification. Through the word 'Country', she represents both the Oriental (Eastern, Middle East, Far East, and every other parts of Asia) Countries and Occidental (European and other Western) countries. This poem can be interpreted as a comparison of poems of both the parts of the literary world. It is a mere patriotic poem that explains the qualities of Oriental poetry with aesthetic and heritage sense. She describes that the art of poetry from the place or continent where she belongs to contains the elements that are close to the surface of the native and deep to the every aspect of their life. She adds, that each passing shower under every fence that made with plants, contains a glittering edge and not a bare stream. those passing showers are not a flowing stream but i