Philosophy in the Matrix of Poetry -The World –View of Nissim Ezekiel

Abstract

This paper focuses on the world-view of Nissim Ezekiel, the unquestioned czar of Indian Poetry in English,  as witnessed through the lens of his poetry. The term ‘philosophy' as used in the paper embraces the poet's views and concerns about the human predicament with a critical eye upon his own. It also circumcircles three main concerns of his poetry”his struggle to find meaning in life, his quest for selfhood and his constant endeavour towards discovering his own idiom of poetry.