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Unit 12: Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu

Unit 12: Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu Notes

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction

12.1 Introduction to the Poet
12.2 Indian Weavers
12.3 Appreciation

12.4 Themes and Symbols
12.5 Summary

12.6 Important Explanations
12.7 Keywords

12.8 Review Questions
12.9 Further Readings

Objectives

After reading this unit, you will be able to:

• Know about poetry and the poet Sarojini Naidu;
• Eenjoy the rhythm of the poem;

• Discover the special use of language in poetry;
• Use comparisons for effective writing;

• Identify the use of words to create visual images.

Introduction

Poetry is a pleasure-giving medium. This medium is handled by different poets in the world.
Most of the poets in India present their poetry in their mothertongue only. Those who present
poetry in languages other their own have not succeeded so well as Sarojini Naidu.

There are not many in India who have written poetry in English. Among them, Sarojini Naidu
stands first. Her poems are praised not only in India, but all over the world.

Though she has written poems on religion, country, women’s freedom, etc., her poems on
nature occupy the first place in her poetry. Even in sorrow, her nature poems glow with a
touch of her suffering.
Poetry is a medium through which the poets express their emotion and thought with a musical
tone by words. In the words of Wordsworth, poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful
feelings, emotions recollected in tranquillity.

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