Annada Shankar's rhymes evince all the features that have made this tradition--the hallowed Bengali line of Rabindranath Tagore and Sukumar Ray--so memorable: the ingenuity of rhyme and sound-patterns, the startling yet utterly appropriate descriptions and metaphors, and the sparkling imagination extending to satire or fantasy or both. His verses, however, also pass seamlessly into adult themes and concerns. More than any rhymester before him, he opens up the children's rhyme to the gloomier, messier, crazier, more bizzare ...
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Annada Shankar's rhymes evince all the features that have made this tradition--the hallowed Bengali line of Rabindranath Tagore and Sukumar Ray--so memorable: the ingenuity of rhyme and sound-patterns, the startling yet utterly appropriate descriptions and metaphors, and the sparkling imagination extending to satire or fantasy or both. His verses, however, also pass seamlessly into adult themes and concerns. More than any rhymester before him, he opens up the children's rhyme to the gloomier, messier, crazier, more bizzare and ironic world that only grown-ups could have brought into being. This little book affords the briefest of glimpses into the world of his playful genius. These few pieces include some of his most typical and celebrated rhymes. Their popular appeal has made them better known, among children of all ages, than all his serious writing. The games with typography and page design attempt to match the innovative fancy of the rhymes themselves.
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