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Appreciation of the poem Indian Weavers

Appreciation of the poem Indian Weavers

Write an appreciation of the poem considering the following points.
1. About the Poem, Poet and Title
2. Theme the Poem
3. Poetic style
4. Language and Poetic devices used in the poem
5. Special features / Novelties/Focusing Elements
6.Message / Morals in the poem
7. Your opinion about the poem 

1. About the Poem, Poet and Title:

It is a short poem composed by a renowned Indian poetess, Sarojini Naidu. She was a was a political activist, feminist
and the first Indian woman who became the President of the Indian National Congress. In this short poem, the poet talks about three types of garment that the weavers weave at three particular times of a day.

2. Theme the Poem:

The poetess presents the three important stages in a man’s life such as birth, marriage and death. She relates them to different colors of the garment and different times of the day. The weavers weave a blue cloth for a new born baby in the morning, purple marriage veil for a queen and a white funeral shroud for a dead man in the midnight. In the first and second stanza of the poem the Indian Weavers are very happy but in the last stanza the mood of the Weavers is sad.

3. Poetic style:

There are only three stanzas in the poem. In each stanza, at the beginning of it the speaker asks a questions to the Indian Weavers who are weaving different types of garments at different times of the day for different types of events.

4. Language and Poetic devices used in the Poem:

Very simple language has been used by the poet to present the philosophy of life.The poet uses a number of literary devices to express her ideas like Simile, Alliteration, Imagery and Metaphor. The poem has the rhyme scheme of AABB and consists of three stanzas of four lines each stanza.

5. Special features / Novelties/Focusing Elements:

The poet has depicted the picture of Indian Weavers and used imagery to describe the three stages of human life from birth stage to marital stage and finally towards the death stage by using different colors of the garments. It is a discussion between the poet and the weavers.

6.Message / Morals in the Poem:

The poet has given a very significant message through this poem that how we celebrate the different stages of human life with different moods.

7. Your opinion about the Poem:

It is a very simple poem to understand it. It appeals us so much to give us the message of life stages with the different garments at the different times of the day.

 

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