With the accelerated pace of paradigm changes in individual and social life, mental health is something that needs to be addressed drastically, particularly when we are not all the more unsure about what unfolding of each day brings. Poetry, among other genres of self expression like painting and singing, is a prime medium to find solace and vent outlet for packed emotions. Poems that stir us have become a vital part of our lives today Poetry has been a literary genre that started as strict rules, regulations, rhythm, meter, and style to go on to become free verse. From Kalidasa to Kamala Das, a shift in reconstructing of the nature of poetry as it intertwines with forms and genres has been seen since the past. Present paper aims at explaining the most representative work by Kamala Das- her poem “An Introduction”.  Analysis of the poem reveals that the confessional feminist Indian poet is in search of a solace that each line of the poem is equivocal of. Whether it is her gender, her role, her language, intelligence, emotions and even her identity, Kamala Das arrived to terms with them in her discreet own way.

Keywords: Poems, Vital, Solace, Confessional, Feminist, Indian, Discreet.