Limerick and Bengali Literay Rhymes/ ‘লিমেরিক ও বাংলা ছড়া-কবিতা’

Abstract

The huge flow of poetry that once flooded the soil of rural Bengal, made the sky and air resound and made childhood and youth laugh, today it has turned into a dead river. This one of the oldest ingredients of our folk culture has not been spared from the omnivore of urbanization and globalization. But there is hope that several eminent poets and renowned rhymers who have become active to keep the childhood of our new generation green and safe. They are constantly providing new rhymes suitable for the new age. In this case, they are trying to follow our folk-tradition properly, as well as they are liberal to take loans from abroad. Limerick is one such form of poetry that is imported from Ireland. In spite of its Europe origin, our distinguished poets have made it their own and are using it to colour the minds of Bengalis regardless of whether they are men or women, children or elderly.