2:2 Indian Weavers -Poetic appreciation

   2:1      Poetic Appreciation

( ii ) Write an appreciation of the poem .

                  Appreciation

About the poem/ Poet and the title ---

              The name of the poem is 'Indian Weavers '. It is written by  

Sarojini Naidu . It is a short poem.

In this poem the poet talks about three stages of human life .

Theme ---

The poetess highlights the craft and skill of the Indian Weavers.

She talks about three important stages in human life . They are  childhood , Adulthood and Old age .She relates them with different colours and different

times of the day .

Poetic style----

The style of the poem is Interrogative .Each stanzas contain a question . The poet has  used full of imageries .

The language/ Poetic devices used in the poem ------

The language of the poem is very simple. It is easy to understand .It is free from ambiguity . A question asked by a poetess in each stanza makes the poem live. The imageries like ' break 

of a day ', '  fall of night ' ,  ' blue as the wing of halcyon wild ' 'moonlight chill , ' 'Solemn and still ' make the poem beautiful .

The uses of the figures of speech like Simile , Metaphor , Alliteration and imagery decorates the poem nicely. The different colours and different times of the day symbolises different moods of the poet .The poem has the rhyme scheme aabb. The poet uses number of literary devices to express her ideas like Simile , metaphor , Imagery etc.

Special features -----

It is a short poem . It has three stanzas .The stanzas have four lines each . Different colours used in the poem symbolises different mood of the Weavers . Blue colour is a symbol of love and innocence . The colours purple and green symbolises  struggle with happiness. The colour white is a symbol of surrender . Here man surrenders to life .Every stanza contains  a question .The strongest feature of this poem is a use of vivid imagery .

Message,values,morals in the poem----------

The message of the poem is that one has to undergo all the three stages of life . Birth marriage and death are the three  stages of life .

 The first and second stage gives colourful life but the last stage is colourless. So,man must learn 

  that happiness and sorrows are equally important in the way of life. You can not separate them.   It is a life cycle .

The Weavers work from morning till night and their attitude affects the kind of work they produce .

The journey of life begins with colour blue which means joy and happiness . It continues with addition of colours - green and purple which means challenge  also enters along with happiness. Life  in this stage is more active than the first stage . In the final stanza all the colours vanish away and single colour - white remains which means emotions are connected with life and when the person dies , emotions also die .

Your opinion about the poem-----------

This is a beautiful poem . It gives a true picture of life . The strongest feature of this poem is a use of vivid imagery . The journey of life begins with colour blue which means joy and happiness.It continues with colour green and purple which means struggle and happiness .In the final stanza all the colours vanish away and a single colour white remains . It shows that life is colourless .It is connected with emotions . when the person dies emotions also die.

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