A SUMMARY OF AN ODE TO THE BLACKHILL

ON THE WAY BACK TO HEAVEN


“On the Way Back to Heaven” deals with the journey of a soul from Earth to Heaven and various setbacks that it faced in the earthly reality. The poet in this book has tried to deceive the lord just to witness the pleasure of hell which has cost him much to his expectation.
In the first stanzas of the poem, we can scrutinize the falsehood that the poet bores within himself. The poet has displayed his wish to view the inventor's creation and tried to convince that after his demise he shall be the part of lord again as the inmates of Black Hill exhibits their responsibility towards their Motherland. {In above statement there is a touch of irony because the inmates of Black Hill have never shown any responsibility towards their land, and it is they who have brought disgrace.}

The poem is partly based on fiction and some parts convey the real aspect of the Black Hill. It is to be understood that the poetry is bound within the four walls of Rhenock and nothing has been extracted from the outer sources. In the poetry one finds that Rhenock is painted to tremendous height and sometimes even compared to heaven. The day today experiences of the poet have been depicted in the poetry. But the negligence of the authorities, inmates and the aliens elements to his land has in fact inspired him to sketch the poetry. Though Rhenock bores a glorious past, her soil has always been a part of background. In the present scenario of Sikkim, the great literary genius has explored the beauty of the state, but the poet is sad to say that none could smell the fragrance of heaven.

Many stanzas of the poem elaborate the Black Hill to have some connection with the lords and the Heaven. For example in the third stanzas, the lord has promised the poet the earthly bliss, but he was blessed neither the English soil nor the Eternal city; instead he was send to the Black Hill. Here come the philosophical aspect of the poetry, if a child want to visit a new place and seeks a permission to do so, the parents says, that child should reside in the abode of his relatives, nor in the place where he is not secured. Similarly the lord has fulfilled the desire of the poet to view the earthly pleasure in the Black Hill, for land replicates the heaven and the poet too is no away from the heaven’s jurisdiction.