Social Realism in Poetry and Vihang Naik

Abstract

There are many facets of the English literature and one of the popular among them is poetry. And if we look at the diversity in the style and genre of the poetry, we will find poetry more and more interesting.

The emergence of the modern poetry has made it more easy to write poetry but very few poets can express the deep meaning and feelings through the medium of poetry. One of such poet from India is Vihang Naik who has been actively writing modern poetry and participation in national and international conference where poetry is discussed. One of the best thing is that poet Vihang Naik has adopted a new tool of modern poetry and it is better known by social realism. Poetry of Vihang Naik is really a true example of social realism in poetry. He has been able to express the thoughts and feelings of the urban residents in his poetry.

Many of his poems and his poetry book have been reviewed by many editors and I got this opportunity to review his poems and I thought it is better to review his poetry on the yard stick of a single theme rather than taking multiple themes and doing no justice with the subject.