ANATOMY

  






















                  1)                I anatomized her beauty in vain
                                     On the table of my heart with stress and strain
                                     To spot the quintessence and found a void  at last
                                     No real substance, mere outer charm, I thought.
                                     Her musings hovered on trivial details
                                     In spreading gossip she never fails.

                 2)                Beneath that fair and lovely skin         
                                     Concealed the stench of mocking sin
                                     Her lips may shine like rubies red
                                     Fresh painted on mere fashions bred ;
                                     No gems of equal shine I find
                                     Her words revealed her vacant mind.

                 3)                 Her smiles displayed mere show of thrill
                                      No earnest joy but outward frills
                                      Her painted eyes dazzled too bright
                                      No human touch of grace I sight.
                                      Like hanging tinsel globes they dance
                                      With seeming joy, no hearty glance.

                 4)               Her dress bespoke her status high
                                     No casual style, her tastes defy ;
                                     Her outward trappings can't contain
                                     Her sense of contemptuous disdain .
                                     Her mouth pouted with a sarcastic sigh
                                     Can they conceal her conscience dry ? 

                5)                 She deemed herself of noble race
                                     No sympathetic feelings I trace ;
                                     In wasting wealth she found her status-sign ;
                                     While common people struggle and pine ;
                                     She passed her time in idle pleasures
                                     Proud of her wanton charms and treasures
                   
                 6)                I saw her jaunty aggressive stride
                                     No gentle gait of a bashful bride ;
                                     A sequinned silver screen she seemed
                                     No tender starry light she beamed ;
                                     Mere outward charm, no proper guide
                                     I let her go -- I slowly moved aside.

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 Note :  Many poets of 17th and 18th centuries wrote satirical poems criticizing the ladies of high class who gave utmost priority to outward sophisticated fashions and spent most of their time in gossip and idle pleasures. "The Comedies of Manners" is a type of play which exposed the shallowness and loose morality of the society. Alexander Pope in his mock epic"The Rape Of the Lock"  (1714)  portrayed the artificial and flippant life of Belinda whose beauty was protected by her guardian elves and angels. I made  a similar attempt in gentle humorous manner to portray the life of such sophisticated lives of fashionable women in the modern society.

                                 

                            Tinsel globes = Globes made of thin shiny paper
                            Jaunty          =  Lively and confident  
                             Sequinned   =decorated with shiny metal pieces  
                            Quintessence =Pure essence 







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                    29th December, 2016                            Somaseshu Gutala