An Ode To Seafood, Poultry And Mutton

Writers find inspiration everywhere and this includes food so it is no wonder that fish, crustaceans, chicken and goat meat have influenced poetry. In addition to poets singing the praises of seafood and poultry in their verse, they also use them as poetic devices to express their feelings and ideas in a creative way. Our long association with fish and meat cause our beloved rhyme-makers to employ them as a metaphor, allusion, symbol, imagery, simile and other such literary techniques.  Here are some poems that feature chicken, mutton and seafood.…

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Livestock Inspired Art

The red junglefowl- Edward Neale – Hume and Marshall, Game Birds of India, Burmah and Ceylon (1879–1881) Art is a reflection of life. Farm animals, like goats and chicken, that we raise for food have been a big part of our life since we began to domesticate them a few thousand years ago. Hence, understandably, they often appear in our art and craft. Let’s look at some works of arts in which hens, roosters, chicks and goats play the role of the artist’s muse. 1. Cockfighting Cockfights are banned in…

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