POem tartary with summary and critical appriciation

 Tartary Poem By Walter De La Mare

                                      Tartary

Poet's introduction | Walter De La Mare
Sir Walter de la Mare( 1873- 1956) was an English poet, story writer, and novelist. He's best remembered for his works for youngsters and for his poem The Listeners. He wrote several short stories of traditional genres, many are tales of supernatural.

He also wrote some subtle psychological horror stories, amongst them Seaton's Aunt and Out of the Deep. His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and his post-war Collected Stories for youngsters won the 1947 Carnegie Medal for British children's books.

Main Idea | Tartary
The poem Tartary is predicated on the imaginary world. During this poem, the poet wishes to be the lord of Tartary, where he can enjoy all the pleasures consistent with his own will. There’s an upscale sort of exotic colours.

The ivory bed, the peacocks, lulling music carries the reader to the present land of charmful delights. We all know that such an area doesn't exist but we allow ourselves to be allured. The essential theme of the poem is wrapped within the wishes of the poet.



Walter De La Mare demands monarch like treatment. He wishes to be the lord of Tartary on their lonesome. He doesn't like all shareholders. He wants to rule everywhere the natural also as artificial objects of Tartary.

The poet demands the corporate of all those natural objects which are impossible to ascertain for a busy person during this era. Though the person of today has destroyed his aesthetic sense yet still, his spirit must enjoy the natural beauties.

The poem Tartary has all the qualities of a romantic poem. The language of the poem is extremely simple. The poem deals with the needs and demands of the poet. The poet wishes to be the lord of the unseen world, which isn't present during this world.



He longs to enjoy of these natural beauties and scenes with the assistance of his imagination. He believes that natural objects are a continuing source of delight for man. The land of Tartary is filled with greenery. The poem may be a criticism of the behaviour of a recent man.

Explanation of the poem
Lines 1-8

if I were Lord of Tartary.
Myself and me alone,
My bed should be of ivory
Of beaten gold my throne;
And in my court should peacocks flaunt
And in my pools great fishes slant
Their fins athwart the sun.

Reference:
The lines are extracted from the poem Tartary written by Walter De Mare.

Context:
This is an ingenious poem. The narrator of this poem talks about a few fanciful but strange worlds of imagination. His fanciful and imaginative impulse of mind makes this poem a journey into the realm of imagination.

Tartary is an ingenious place during which the narrator imagines himself as a ruler.


The poet regards this place as filled with natural beauty, richness, fertility, delights, and pleasures.

Explanation:
In these lines, the poet tells us about his desires if he becomes the king of Tartary, an imaginary land. Being a king of Tartary, he would enjoy tons by sleeping on a bed made from ivory. He would also feel pleased with sitting on his throne that might be made from pure gold.

He would also build a gorgeous palace having a splendid courtyard. The peacocks of various colours would increase their decoration. They might move freely within the courtyard from one place to a different very calmly and peacefully.

The forest of this imaginary state would be unique due to the numberless tigers that might move freely to feature the sweetness of the forest. The pools of his palace would teem with beautiful and rare fishes that might swim within the clear water and make different colours within the sunlight.

Lines 9-16

If I were Lord of Tartary
Trumpeters everyday
To every meal would summon me,
And in my courtyard bray,
And within the evening lamps would shine,
Yellow as honey, red as wine,
While harping, and flute, and mandolin,
Made music sweet and gay.

Explanation:
In these lines, the poet tells us that if he were the lord of Tartary, he would be involved in every meal by his servants who would blow differing types of Buggles. Within the evening, his palace would be enlightened with different coloured lights.

These lights would increase the sweetness of his palace especially the sunshine of yellow and red colour would be a source of decoration. The colours of those lights would be as yellow because of the colour of honey and red because of the colour of the wine.



Many types of musical instruments would even be played in his palace. The music of those instruments would create a romantic environment within the palace and therefore the poet would feel relief by taking note of this alluring music.

Lines 17- 22

If I were lord of Tartary.
I'd wear a robe of beads,
White and gold, and green they'd be
And clustered thick as seeds;
And ere should wane the morning-star,
I'd don my robe and scimitar,
And zebras seven should draw my car
Through Tartary's dark glades
Explanation:
In these lines, the poet tells us a few dresses that he would wear a gown being a king of Tartary. His royal dress would be studded with various colours of diamonds. it might be a really costly dress due to pearls which might be during a sizable amount as there are seeds during a field.

He would wear this dress before the rising of the sun and particularly a little scimitar that might add the sweetness and richness of his dress. After wearing the royal dress, he would visit the green fields of Tartary. He says that as a king he would sit during a carriage that might be pulled by zebras, not by horses

Lines 23-30

Lord of the fruits of Tartary
Her rivers silver-pale!
Lord of the hills of Tartary
Glen, thicket, wood, and dale!
Her flashing stars, her scented breeze,
Her trembling lakes, like foamless seas,
Her bird-delighting citron trees
In every purple vale!

Explanation;
In these lines, the poet enumerates different sorts of objects of Tartary of which he wishes to be the ruler. He says that he is going to be the only ruler of all fruits of Tartary. He is going to be the ruler of the silver pale rivers.

He is going to be the ruler of all the colourful hills and mountains of the valley. He is going to be the ruler and owner of all the tiny and large forests and therefore the broad and narrow valleys of the country.



He is going to be the only ruler of the twinkling stars, sweet-smelling air, lakes with rising and falling waters, and oceans of crystal clear water. He is going to be the ruler of all the purple valleys during which there'll be citron trees pleasing and delighting.

Important Questions and Answers
Question 1:

Discuss the Poem Tartary by Walter De La Mare as a Romantic poem.

Answer:

Tartary has all the features of a romantic poem. It’s about an imaginary land somewhere within the East. The imagined land is replete with romance, adventure, natural beauty, thrill, and mystery. The land is gorgeous, rich, fertile, and filled with unheard and unseen delights.

This makes the entire atmosphere romantic. The rich sort of exotic colours is pleasant. the utilization of images is effective and colourful. The poet believes that the scenic great thing about nature and enchanting sounds are a precious treasure of pleasure and wonder of man.

The use of images is effective and colourful. The poet has given good proof of his fondness for nature like Wordsworth. This poem is analogous to Coleridge's poem Kublai Khan. Colours and sounds evoke everyone.



Unlike monarchs of the fashionable world, he hates luxuries and valuable vehicles run through mechanical devices and show his preference for a carriage drawn by seven Zebras.

In this fertile land, there'll be every blessing of God. This land of Tartary would be a heavenly place on earth, with its beautiful hills and valleys, its trembling lakes with cool, crystal, and clear water, and even flowering rivers.

Its trembling stars, the fragrant breeze of the first morning, a cluster of trees, and delightful birds sing sweet songs making it a land of charming delights. The poet has beautifully created a romantic atmosphere with the assistance of the effective use of images.

Like a true romantic, Walter De La Mare escapes into a perfect world, where everything is expecting his order. He imagines himself to be the master of that glorious land called Tartary. In this way, he tries to satisfy his unfulfilled desires of the real world.

Question 2:

How does the poet take us within the realm of imagination within the poem Tartary?

Answer:

Walter De La Mare takes the reader into the realm of imagination through colourful images and diction. He has used romantic quiet imagery during this poem to make a soothing impact on the minds of the readers.

Almost all the pictures like ivory bed, beaten gold throne, flaunting peacocks, slanting fishes, sweet music, zebra-driven carriage, etc, are very fanciful images. But the foremost fanciful image is that the magical evening in his palace.

The sound of the trumpets, the yellow and red lights of the lamp, the melodious music harp, flute and mandolin, etc, create a romantic atmosphere. The yellow lights like yellow honey give sweetness to the environment while red lights like wine that intoxicated us.

The picture of a gorgeously dressed up king moving about in pleasing yellow and red lights, with music filling the atmosphere is most romantic and fanciful. There are many other fanciful words within the poem. The primary image is sitting on a throne of pure gold.



The second image is when the poet wishes to sleep on a bed made from ivory. The third image is said to be the eating meal within the light of lamps and therefore the fourth fanciful image is that the wearing of a dress made from costly beads. We will say that the poem is replete with fanciful images.