Mambazham (poem)

"Mambazham" (മാമ്പഴം) is the most famous poem by Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon. He penned it in 1936. The poem portrays a mother mourning her son and was a part of a collection published in 1936, in the Onam Edition of the Mathrubhumi newspaper.^[1] Menon states the main inspiration behind this poem is the memory of his brother, who died when he was four years old. In 1947, the poem was included in a compilation called Kanikoyithu. K G Marar and M N Vijayan reviewed the poem. The former praised it as a symbol of a renaissance in Malayalam poetry.^[1]

Synopsis

The poem uses mango imagery to trigger the mother's reminiscences of the scolding she gave her son that drove him away. He then died. The mourning mother is consoled by her son in the form of a cool breeze.^[2]

References

1. "വിജയന്‍ മാഷ് പറഞ്ഞത്‌". Mathrubhumi. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
2. ആദില്‍ (5 January 2012). "മാമ്പഴം Vailoppilli Mambazham – Malayalam poem". സ്മൃതിപുരാണം. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

The Lyrics and Audio of Poem Mambazham മാമ്പഴം കവിതയുടെ വരികൾ, ഓഡിയോ

Other poems of Vyloppilly Sreedharan Menon വൈലോപ്പിള്ളി മാഷിന്റെ മറ്റു കവിതകൾ