Nissim Ezekiel’s poem Background, Casually— Critical Summary
Introduction of the Poem: “Background, Casually,” an autobiographical poem, was included in Hymns in Darkness (1976). Following the tradition of confessional poetry, such as Robert Lowell’s Life Studies, Ezekiel here refers to himself as “a mugging Jew among the wolves” when he was a student at a Roman Catholic school. He was shabbily and callously … Read more