This article focuses on the confessional tone in the poetry of Kamala Das who is a feminist poet. She is one of the most distinctive Indian poets writing in English. Although, her poetic output is very slender and comprises only three volumes of poetry, but some of her poems are remarkable as they have found her an honourable place in Indian writing in English. Kamala Das is perhaps the most interesting and controversial figure in post colonial Indian English poetry. She writes with frankness and openness unusual in Indian context. Her personal experiences and observations are depicted in her poetry but those experiences and observations seem to become universal. Her poetry is confessional and autobiographical. Her voice symbolizes the modern women’s voice who want to be free from the male domination. She craves for the liberty from the orthodoxy and clutches of the custodian of religion. Being a confessional poet, Kamala Das takes the reader into the world of her private life and unveils the delicate facts and even the bedroom secrets. Like a true confessional poet Kamala Das places no barriers between his / her self and direct expression of that self and expresses herself without any restriction.
Research Scholar, Dept. of English Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
