What is an explanation of the poem 'River' written by A.K.Ramanujan?

the poet is talking about the vaikai river.which is in madurai,a place famous for its poets and temples.these poets sang of cities and temples.in this place,every summer the river dries up to a thin stream(trickle).when it dries up the river bed can be seen and the sand is layered in such a way that it looks like ribs.here the river is compared to a human,who is deprived of all his/her nutrition.when a human faces malnutrition their ribs are exposed.in the same way the river is lacking water(its nutrition).the straw and women's hair shows the kinds of activities taking place in the river and because of these activities the watergates of the dam are blocked.the bars are rusted due to water.above the river there is a bridge and underneath the bridge is the dam.the dam had patches of repair over them,this shows that there had been damages to the dam before.the wet stones in the river bed looked like crocodiles.since crocodiles float in the water with only their backs shown they resemble the stones.it may be for camouflage as well.the dry stones resembled the buffaloes.

since buffaloes have an oily coating on their skin even though they lie in the water for a long time their skin is dry.it looks like dry stones in the river.even though all these things can be noticed during drought the poets sang only of the floods.