In this stanza, the poet tells about the importance of stammering. Hence, it is quite confusing for the linguists as well to know about the origin and the nature of stammer. Next, he asks whether stammer is only a dialect or a language itself and such questions make even linguists stammer. did stammer originate before the language come into existence or after that. He wonders whether the stammer precedes language or succeed it i.e. In stanza 3 the poet raises a rhetorical question. Similarly, lameness is also the silence that falls between the word and the deed meaning that refraining from doing something which we intend to do is also stammer. the silence which comes in when we think about the meaning of the word before speaking it is also a stammer. In the next stanza, the poet says that a stammer is the silence that falls between the word and its meaningi.e. The poet says that stammering is not a defect or imperfection but a way by which we express our ideas to others. There is no hidden meaning in these lines. The poet begins the poem by simple words that a stammer is no handicap. The word Stammer has been repeated several times in the poem. There is no particular rhyme scheme in the poem. The poem has been divided into six stanzas with variable lines. Similarly, it is the way we stammer which makes the language rich in words and meanings. The poem appreciates stammering and also enlightens its importance in the world and human history.Īccording to the poet, stammering is not a defect but a language itself because it is the imperfection that makes human unique and distinguishable. Satchidanandan with the title Vikku and was translated by the poet himself into English. The poem “Stammer” was originally written in Malayalam by K.
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