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POEM FROM TAMIL LITERATURE THAT BRINGS OUT THE DEEP AGONY EXPERIENCED BY A LOVE SICK WOMAN

The aesthetic part of the poem AGONIZING NIGHT  is that the girl could hear the muffled sound of the chiming of a cow’s bell as the cow is trying to drive out the buzzing flies and in her anxiety wanted to know whether any other soul in the village could hear the sound.

AGONIZING NIGHT

My eyes can't control my tears

I can't bear this torment

furthermore, the horrid isolation

of this bitter cold winter night.

Cold Showers pour incessantly

what's more, the gnawing winds

blow hard through the downpour.

Each time the cow sways her head

to keep at bay  the buzzing flies

Her bells start chiming softly.

will there be any other individual

in this town

who hears that melodic sound