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Elective English–I

Notes Youth and Old Age. The poetess asks three questions to Weavers and their answers are
related to life.
• The poetess says that Weavers started their work in early morning and they make
bright garments in blue colour like the wings of the Kingfisher. When the poetess asks
the question, Weavers tell her that they are weaving the garment of a new born Child.
It relates to the childhood of a person. The childhood is more attractive like blue
colour.
• The night time the Weavers weave attractive garments in purple and green colour like
the plumes of a peacock. When the poetess asks the question, they tell that it’s a
marriage veil of a Queen. This suggests the youth of a human being. Youth is the
golden time of a life, energetic, enjoyable and attractive. So that’s why here the expression
‘The plumes of a peacock, purple and green’ is used.
• In the moonlight night the Weaver’s attitudes change, they become serious and calm.
The garment is white colour like feather and cloud. They are weaving the cloths of a
Dead man’s funeral shroud. It clearly indicates the old age of a person. The white
colour feather and cloud carry to the statement that the life has come to an end, feather
has come out from the wing and now it has no use and the cloud is moving. After few
minutes we can’t see the cloud in the actual place.

Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) was a freedom fighter and poet. Her poems depict the life
and events of India of her time, and are read in India and abroad.

10.5 Keywords

Words expressing happy feelings:
Glad : Happy and pleased about something.
Delighted : Very happy, especially because something good has happened.

Excited : Very happy and enthusiastic because something good is going to happen,
expecially when this makes you unable to relax.
Joyous : Causing happy feelings

Cheerful : Behaving in a happy friendly way.
Jubilant : Extremely happy because something good has happened
Thrilled : Very pleased and excited
Words expressing sad feelings:

Sad : Feeling unhappy, especially because something bad has happened.
Depressed : If you are depressed, you feel very unhappy
unpleasant : Situation that you feel you cannot change.

Gloomy : Feeling sad and without hope.
Dejected : Someone who is dejected has lost all his hope or enthusiasm, especially
because he has failed at something.
Downcast : Sad or upset

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