Kamala Das: A Confessional Poet

Abstract: Kamala Das is a great female poet in contemporary Indo-Anglian Literature. Her poetry has been considered as a confessional poetry because it is a record of her individual experiences. The autobiographical elements strongly determine the tone and the contents of her poems. This paper aims to note the confessional mode in Das’s poetry. In exploring personal relationship, Kamala Das broods and always her eye is focused on the pathos of her own predicament. She depicted every personal experience, feelings in her poems which are universal. She raises her voice against patriarchal culture and religious orthodoxy for the modern woman’s voice who wants to be free from all the obstacles, restrictions of Indian society. The reading of the poems of Kamala Das make it very much clear that she writes her ideas very frankly, candidly and in an outspoken way breaking the restrictions of the strong edifice of social code. Her poetry revolves around an axis of feelings which brings her closer to the realm of experimental reality within. She raises her confessional and traits to the level of a specific universal appeal. The struggle of self ultimately becomes the struggle of all mankind.