Std. 12th. Poetic Appreciation of the Poem 2.2 Indian Weavers.

Poetic Appreciation of the Poem 2.2 Indian Weavers

Poetic Appreciation of the poem "Indian Weavers" 

Sarojini Naidu 

Q.Read the extract carefully and write an appreciation of the poem considering the following points.

✳️About the poet and the title

✳️The theme

✳️ Poetic style, Language, poetic devices.

✳️ Special feature 

✳️Values 

✳️Your opinion about the poem

Answer 

Sarojini Naidu is a celebrated poetess known as the "Nightingale of India". The short poem "Indian Weavers" is composed by the poetess in the year 1920. Apart from being a poetess, she was a writer as well as a strong political activist. 

Though the poetess highlights the craft and skill of the weavers. She speaks about the three important stages in a man's lifwhichch are birth, marriage, and death, and relates them to different colors and different times of the day. 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 symbolizes a particular stage of life.

The poem has three stanzas of four lines each. The rhyme scheme of the poem is AABB as the first line rhymes with the second and the third line rhymes with the fourth. The poem is in conversation mode as the poetess asks the questions to the weavers and the Indian Weavers answer the question the poetess. The language is very simple to understand but it's a figurative language because the poetess used many figures of speech like Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, and Imagery. The prominent figures of speech are similes The Special Feature of the poem is the poetess had created a beautiful picture of the artistic work of the Indian Weavers. At the same time, it has implied meaning because the poetess not only talks about the various time of the day but also the three important stages in human life, and the different color significance in life. The moral of the poem is as the day passed through various phases we human too has passed through different phases of life and every phase has its importance ance. I like the poem very much as it depicts the real picture of human life and various phases in human life.