Appreciation of
the poem
Indian Weavers
1. About the
poem, poet and title:-Indian Weavers
is a short poem composed by a renowned Indian poetess, Sarojini Naidu. She was
a political activist, feminist and the first Indian woman who became the
President of the Indian national Congress. She was an important figure in
India’s struggle for Independence.
In this poem, the poetess talks about three types of
garments that the Indian weavers weave at three particular times of a day. This
poem highlights the three main stages of human being. Different colors are used
to present the human feelings and emotions in the poem.
2. Theme:
The poetess asks questions to the Indian Weavers in each and every stanza
regarding their work and its purpose. She gets reply to her questions too from them.
She talks about the three important stages in a man's life such as birth,
marriage and death. She relates them to different colors of the garment and
different times of the day. The weavers weave a blue cloth for a new born baby
in the morning, purple marriage veil for a queen and a white funeral shroud for
a dead man in the midnight
3. Poetic style / Language / Poetic devices used
in the poem: The poet uses a number of literary devices to
express her ideas like Simile, Alliteration, Imagery and Metaphor. The poem has
the rhyme scheme of AABB and consists of three stanzas of four lines each
stanza.
4. Special
features: The poet has painted the picture of Indian Weavers
and used imagery to describe the three stages of human life from birth stage to
marital stage and finally towards the death stage by using different colors of
the garments. It is a discussion between the poet and the weavers.
5. Message/Morals
in the Poem: The weavers labour
continuously from morning till night and their attitude affects the kind of work
they produce. The poet has linked the stages of man's life with the garments.
6. Your opinion
about the poem: It is a very
simple poem to understand it. It appeals us so much to give us the message of
life stages with the different garments at the different times of the day.
