LET ME BE ZEALOUS, NOT JEALOUS OF SHAKESPEARE’S GENIUS

LET ME BE ZEALOUS, NOT JEALOUS OF SHAKESPEARE’S GENIUS

If I unreasonably compare myself with Shakespeare,

And unnecessarily feel myself despondent and inferior,

Dejectedly think myself, near his illustrious halo, nowhere,

Downheartedly feel myself commonplace, him a gem rare,

Dismally begin to feel myself negligible; dolefully curse and lament,

Wha will be the inevitable and unavoidable outcome?

It will, in vain,  pain me more and more, dampen me and torment,

Will make me, consequently, sad, surly, sullen and glum……!

If, instead, I can rationally and sensibly ask myself:

“Why can’t you bake yourself a more delicious literary Cake,

If Shakespeare, five centuries  ago, could  so immaculately make,

Being zealous, drawing impetus from his  contemporary counterparts’ pelf

Could excel in his own inimitable Arts, giving up inferiority, pessimistic fears?”

 “For, Ego-less eyes and Positive perusal do bless us with the last laugh and cheers”!

Glossary:

Zealous – enthusiastic                                           

Despondent - hopeless

Dejectedly – unhappily

Illustrious - famous

Halo – bright and distinguished literary development

Downheartedly - in despair

Dismally - cheerlessly

Dolefully - unhappily

Lament - cry for

Dampen – dishearten

Surly, sullen and glum – sad and miserable

Rationally and sensibly – with logic

Pelf – here, literary genius

Inimitable – matchless

Pessimistic – unenthusiastic/ negative

Perusal - read-through

©Shankar D Mishra, 14.12.2017

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