Summary:
 The frog and the nightingale is an allegorical poem by VikramSeth and reveals a deeper meaning beneath the emotional story line the frog is a living symbol of conning and conniving people while the nightingale represents innocence and vulnerability to  the extreme artists like frogs boasts without substances that thrives on the misfortune of others There is a hint of satire evident when the poet talks about money making people who make false promises and destroy natural talent. The poet also highlights the need of puplic adulteration in the life of an artist The poet concludes the poem teaching us that we should have confidence in ourselves and should be genuine and spontaneous in our expression

Satire:
The fact that the nightingale has real talent and skill, yet placed all of her trust in the frog's supposed "wisdom" is what ends up spelling out her own doom.  She never reflects to consider why the frog is being so "nice" to her, and what his agenda might be.  This brings to light the idea that there might be people with ulterior motives or agendas and this has to be scrutinized and analyzed in dealing with them.
  	The frog never bothered about The poem is not saying not to trust, but rather to be vigilant enough to be able to assess why people do what they do.  Another message that comes out of the poem is that individuals with talent should be able to hear their own voice and embrace their own vision as opposed to being persuaded and influenced by someone else's.  The nightingale's embrace of her own talent was absent and not clearly defined, which ended up causing her to believe the words of the frog and destroying her own voice.
	Additionally, the satire present in the poem's development might lie with how the traditional teacher/ student relationship is inverted to benefit the former at the cost of the latter.  Traditionally set in literature, the teacher is to help the student.  Seth's sarcasm might reside in how the frog wishes to eliminate the competition by taking the guise of the kindly old teacher who ruins his student.  This is satiric in nature because it constructs a reality that is opposite of traditional depiction and makes the fundamental statement of the poem, as well.  This particular message is at the heart of the poem that one should not trust so implicitly others' words in certain contexts.