Laxmi Prasad Devkota

October 31, 2026

Laxmi Prasad Devkota (1909-1959) Nepali poet popularly acclaimed as “Mahakavi” (great poet), graduated in Arts in 1930 and in Law in 1933 both from Patna University, India. His early poems were influenced by the English...

Modern & War Poetry

The Lunatic by Laxmi Prasad Devkota | Summary and Analysis

By Kedar N. Sharma -

October 31, 2026

In this autobiographical poem The Lunatic, Devkota wears the persona of a lunatic as if it were a mask. Each stanza brings out a different aspect of the speaker’s character, confidence, abnormality, imagination, sensitivity, rebellion,...

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