Intersections of Memory and Poetic Justice in Raji’s Web of Remembrance

There is a relationship between memory and poetic justice in Raji’s Web of Remembrance. There are a lot of critical submissions on Raji’s Web of Remembrance, most of which focus on political poetics, poetics of rage, etc., but very few attempt to examine the said text from the intersections of memory and poetic justice. This paper, through the framework of poetic justice, identifies moments of recollection within the Web of Remembrance and observes that the poet consciously refashions memory in order to poke the consciences of society. This study adopts the qualitative discursive approach to textual analysis and submits that the poet’s persona’s attempt for justice within the framework of art finds poetic ―fulfilment‖ within the concepts of reimagining memory in Web of Remembrance. Through the juxtaposition of memory and remembrance in the erecting of tombs within the Web of Remembrance, this paper examines memory and poetic justice in Raji’s Web of Remembrance. It submits that Raji’s hailstone judgment is a reflection of his artistic vision. This paper concludes that through poetic justice, the poet’s persona establishes poetic memorials like many of the third-generational poets of his time.

Keywords: Role, Women, Patriarchy.