Summary for the poem Lotus by Toru Dutt
Summary for the poem The Lotus written by Toru Dutt The Lotus' is written by the famous Anglo- Indian writer Toru Dutt. This poem is taken from Dutt's Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (1882).It is a romantic poem which glorifies the beauty of the lotus. This poem is highly imaginative. In this poem a quarrel is happening between the rose and the lily. Both are fighting to gain the title "queen of flowers". The fight extended for a long period and at the end each flower with its own support from poets claimed the title. God of Love meets Goddess Flora to enquire about the unchallenged queen of flowers. She desired for a stately flower like Lily and delicious flower like the Rose. Goddess Flora blessed God of Love and gave the lotus flower. This resolved the great feud between Lily and Rose. Great poets supported the Lotus flower for its stately and delicious quality. But few poets supported the lily flower. They considered Lily flower to be m