The Stylistic Study of the Narrative Poem “The Frog and the Nightingale” By Vikram Seth

Abstract

The present qualitative descriptive study analyzed the stylistic features of Vikram Seth's narrative poem, 'The Frog and the Nightingale,' using the poem as the sole data source. Researchers focused on the sound structure (examining rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, assonance, consonance, and onomatopoeia) and word choice (exploring descriptive adjectives, evaluative nouns, emotional verbs, metaphor, simile, and personification) to determine the poem's musicality, mood, character contrast, narrative tone, and moral message. The analysis revealed that the poet deliberately employed these sound patterns and lexical choices to highlight the contrast between the frog and the nightingale, develop the theme of the exploitation of the innocent artist, and effectively convey the moral message of the poem, with the findings suggested for use in teaching, literary criticism, and future stylistics research.