बिहार बोर्ड कक्षा 12वी अंग्रेजी - Poetry Chapter 8: Fire-Hymn के Handwritten नोट्स

Fire-Hymn is a poem composed by Keki N. Daruwalla. The poem describes the different Ghats where dead bodies are burnt. The poet got an idea to compose this poem when he had to burn his elder son in one of the Ghats. The poet says that even though he is “Parsi” he chose to burn his son instead of disposing the dead body because “Tower Of Silence” was thousand miles away from there.

The poem is highly important from an examination point of view as it is a part of the Bihar Board English Class 12 syllabus.

Fire-Hymn is a heart-touching poem written by Keki N. Daruwalla. In this poem, the poet describes the scene of a burning ghat, where the dead body of a man is consigned to the flame of fire. The poet says that when he was a child, he and his father used to visit the burning ghat of the Hindus. He says that the sight of the burning dead body becomes shocking and dreadful at night. It frightens passers-by. Sometimes the limbs of a dead body are left half-burnt. And the redness of fire appears very cruel. The poet is a Parsi, who worships fire as a God. But he had to consign his newborn into the fire because there was no Tower of Silence there. This made him a sinner. He feels guilty for violating the Parsi Code. He regrets that he could not save the fire from committing sin. So, he vows to free the fire from the sin of forgetting.