2.2. Indian Weavers - Appreciation of the poem

 2.2. Indian Weavers

Appreciation of the poem -

About the Poet - 

    This poem is written by Sarojini Naidu. She was a political activist, feminist and the first Indian woman who became the President of the Indian National Congress. Sarojini Naidu's work as a poetearned her the sobriquet of Nightingale of India. 

About the title - 

    The title clearly deals with Indian Weavers. Indian weavers are weaving clothes for various occasions. Here the poet tells about the work of weavers and its relation with human life.

About the poem - 

     'Indian Weavers' is a short poem where the poet talks about three types of garment that the weavers weave at three particular times of a day. Each stanza of the poem represents the three important events of human life: birth (childhood), adulthood (young) and death (old).

The theme -

    The poem focuses on the craft and skill of the Indian Weavers. The poem tells about the three important stages in human life - birth, marriage and death. The poet uses different times of a day to show the three stages of human life and colours of the garment to show the moods related to the events and in stages of human life.

Poetic Style & Language - 

    The poet uses three stanzas of four lines. The poet has written the poem in question-answer format. The poet asks three questions to the weavers and gives the answers in a simple way. The language is very simple to understand and figurative and metaphorical language is used.

Poetic Devices-

    The poem presents the works of weavers through imagery and words very effectively. The main figures of speech used here are Simile, Metaphor, Inversion, Alliteration and Repetition. The rhyme scheme of the poem is a a b b.

Special Features - 

    The poet uses different images and colours to show the different stages and moods of the that stages of human life. Break of the day, fall of night and the moonlight chill are used to depict the stages - birth, adulthood and death of human life. The colours blue , purple, green and white are used to express happiness, prosperity, wealth and sadness in human life at three stages of life.

Message - 

    The poem depicts three stages of human life and feelings and moods of human at those stages. These stages of life are inevitable and everyone has to face it.

My opinion about the poem -

    The poem is very beautiful where the poet describes the three stages of human life and moods of human at those stages very beautifully by using imagery and colours.