Contemporary Life Woes in "Pudhukavithai" (Free Verse)

Abstract

The Pudukavithai, known as Vasanakavidhai, Vidunilaippa, and light poetry, were written with different content. In the initial period, new poems were sung, highlighting social reform ideas like women's emancipation, poverty, education, etc. Over time, poems have been created with the realities and miseries of contemporary life in mind. The aim of this article is to explore cultural transgression, personal tragedies, and the perversity of the human mind. Tamil literature takes values from ancient Tamil life in terms of culture and civilization. This study aims to document how the tragedies of events in contemporary life have been symbolised in the new poems that have emerged in western countries over a long tradition.