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Exploration of "Indian Weavers" by Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu's poem "Indian Weavers" discusses the weaving of garments by Indian weavers at different times of the day, symbolizing various stages of life. The poem reflects on the weaving practices of the weavers and the significance of the garments they create for different occasions.

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Exploration of "Indian Weavers" by Sarojini Naidu

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  1. Content Prepared by Ms. C. SASIKALA Ms. C. SASIKALA Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy – 620 020.

  2. INDIAN WEAVERS -SAROJINI NAIDU

  3. AGENDA Introduction Theme of the poem Poem lines Explanation Literary Devices

  4. Nightingale of India

  5. INTRODUCTION Sarojini Naidu was an India political leader born on February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad, India. At a young age she wrote poetry and plays, a hobby she kept throughout her life. She later studied in England, and in 1916 she met Mahatma Gandhi which sparked her interest in the fight for India’s freedom. In 1925 she was elected as the first female President of the India National Congress. After India’s independence from England, Naidu became the first woman Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Naidu died on March 02, 1949 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

  6. THEME OF THE POEM  Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu is a short poem consisting of three stanzas having four lines each. The poet talks about three types of dresses that the Indian Weavers weave at three particular times of the day. Metaphorically each time and the dress weaved in that time symbolises a particular stage of life.  The poem has the rhyme scheme AABB

  7.  Weavers

  8. POEM LINES WEAVERS, weaving at break of day, Why do you weave a garment so gay? . . . Blue as the wing of a halcyon wild, We weave the robes of a new-born child.

  9.  Meanings  A break of day – early morning  Gay – brightly coloured (blue)loyalty,faith  Halcyon – a kingfisher bird.  Garment- clothes

  10. Weavers, weaving at fall of night, Why do you weave a garment so bright? . . . Like the plumes of a peacock, purple and green, We weave the marriage-veils of a queen

  11. Meaning Fall of night – at the time of sunset Plumes-feather Purple and green- here it refers to peacock Marriage-veils –a piece of material Cover the face or head

  12. Weavers, weaving solemn and still, What do you weave in the moonlight chill? . . . White as a feather and white as a cloud, We weave a dead man's funeral shroud

  13. Meanings  Moonlight chill-the cooling came from the moon  Funeral shroud- a cloth used to wrap a dead body before it is buried.

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