Sarojini Naidu Poem Analysis

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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 show her a touch of suffering.

English literary activity took a new aspect with the independence movement whose leaders and followers found English, the one language that united them. Among the first poets were
Henry Derozio, Kashiprasad Ghose and Michael Madhsudan Datta, all of whom wrote narrative verse. In the following generation, there was Toru Dutt, the most important among the women poets in this genre. …show more content…

. She wrote many poems and other works on nature. She was also a great patriotic lady. Her poem, The Bird of Time, truly reflects her love for the nature. After reading the poems of Sarojini Naidu, one can feel that some of the elements are in connection with the poems of
Tennyson and Keats. In most of her poems which are based on nature, there are two kinds of traits that common: a sensuous appreciation of natural beauties and her ability to express the concepts in pictorial way through the use of symbols, metaphors and similes.One such poem is
The Bird of Time in which Naidu compares time with a bird. The songs of bird are about the glory, gladness, sorrows and the joy of the spring. It also describes about the hope for future and the faith for eternal peace. She relates death with mystic silence.

Sarojini Naidu, The Nightingale of India, was a fearless freedom fighter and a talented poetess in the field of literature. Her poetry was also a revolt for the freedom and it also helped people to fight back. It was this poetry which helped her to fight and left her inspired during the struggles of her life. In this project, the attempt shall be made to analyze why Sarojini Naidu turned

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