A Reflective Review of Shrestha Chakraborty’s poem “The Last Leaf”.
Death, a cluster of just simple five letters, encapsulates in itself the cessation of life of all living entities. But do people ever accept the death of someone or something in a positive manner? Of course, the response will be negative. But the fact is that without decay none of us would exist. And that is why when someone or something dies they become natural fertilizers for plants. If we look at our garden where dead leaves are brushed away in a heap, a hopeless thought arises in our mind as to what to do with those dead leaves. Dead leaves mean the end of life. But the fact is that those leaves can be used as natural fertilizers for the soil. So, everything has a purpose and this very thought of optimism amid the apparent pessimism is projected in a metaphorical way in the poem "The Last Leaf" by Shrestha Chakraborty which has been published in the anthology titled "Firth- A Consortium of Indian Poets". The poem shows a conversation between a little hungry w...