ncert books class 11 english snapshots chapter 5 · Section 1

Snapshots The Tale of Melon City The Tale of Melon City The Tale of Melon City The Tale of Melon City The Tale of Melon City V V V V Vikram Seth ikram Seth ikram Seth ikram Seth ikram Seth The following poem is taken from Mappings which was published in and is included in the Collected Poems by Vikram Seth. The king, in this poem, is ‘just and placid.’ Does he carry his notion of justice a bit too far? (After Idries Shah) In the city of which I sing There was a just and placid King. The King proclaimed an arch should be Constructed, that triumphally Would span the major thoroughfare To edify spectators there. The workmen went and built the thing. They did so since he was the King. The King rode down the thoroughfare To edify spectators there. -