Anand, Satish: Mango Man

Mango man is not only a poem but also an echo of heart of common people. Emotions of this poem are colored with different devices, idioms, phrases and quotes including motivational poems. This poem is a satire on our society and portrays beautifully the plight of common people. Quick Fox, Lazy Dog covers all the sounds of language like all the colors of life whereas Quicker Quacks, Lazy Lacks? covers each alphabet of the poem "Quick Fox, Lazy Dog" which is a very lengthy poem of Acrostic style. Similar to Anadiplosis and Anaphora, Epistrophe is used to emphasize emotions and to give rhythm and wings to mango man. ?Love Leads Life? is the best example of literary skill, Symploce. Each part of ?Mango Man? is the superb example of literary piece ever covered in English Literature. Readers are expected to go through this poem for deep introspection

The poet, Satish Anand, is a very simple person like a mango man. His poem Mango Man peeps inside the heart and brain of a common man. Poet is the youngest child of Ramdeo Prasad Gupta and Ramawati Gupta. The poet got upset to see the hellish life in the poor localities of Delhi. He finds education as the only weapon to uplift society and opts teaching as a career. After getting ETE diploma, he got appointment as Asst. Teacher in MCD and later appointed as Lecturer of English in the Directorate of Education, Delhi. As a mentor teacher in DOE, he visited many educational institutions, interacted with thousands of teachers and students which opened his vision. He gives full credit of his achievements to his family, especially to his mother for instilling in him values that are helping him to sail the life boat peacefully and successfully.