
His poetry abounds in boons of world and expression. Among the silent features of Ramanujan’s poetry is its cerebral literalism. Ramanujan is one of the most competent and professed craftsmen in Indo-Anglican poetry. Ramanujan has shown a sharp and intense textual sensitivity in his poetry. Inversely important as a theme in Ramanujan’s poetry is his Hindu heritage. The themes Ramanujan considers in his poetry are limited in scope, but some other passages of his poetry largely compensate for that inadequacy. Ramanujan’s poetry is largely autobiographical and thought-provoking. Some critics consider him to be one of the three great Indo-Anglican poets, the other two being Nissim Ezekiel and Kamala Das. Ramanujan is one of the prominent Indo-Anglican Poets.
