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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The beauty of her city, the abundance of goods, food, jewellery and the unique culture attracted her to write this poem. In addition, we all know that Sarojini Naidu was a freedom fighter. This poem carries the spirit of Swadeshi Movement. Read summary of this poem.

    The beauty of her city, the abundance of goods, food, jewellery and the unique culture attracted her to write this poem. In addition, we all know that Sarojini Naidu was a freedom fighter. This poem carries the spirit of Swadeshi Movement.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad. She was a prominent poet and also an active freedom fighter. This poem depicts both the ideas - beauty of her city and feeling of patriotism. The poet describes the beauty of her city comprehensively.  We have everything like food, music, clothes and jewellery.Read more

    Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad. She was a prominent poet and also an active freedom fighter. This poem depicts both the ideas – beauty of her city and feeling of patriotism.

    The poet describes the beauty of her city comprehensively.  We have everything like food, music, clothes and jewellery. We should be self-sufficient and give up the use of foreign things. The Bazaars of Hyderabad depict the rich culture and tradition of India.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Following literary devices/figures of speech are used in the poem In the Bazaars of Hyderabad: Metaphor: It is a literary device which is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. e.g. "to perfume the sleep of the dead".  Here, the poet comparesRead more

    Following literary devices/figures of speech are used in the poem In the Bazaars of Hyderabad:

    1. Metaphor: It is a literary device which is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g. “to perfume the sleep of the dead”.  Here, the poet compares motionless and silence of dead body with sleep.
    2. Simile: It is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared using “like” or “as”. e.g. “Frail as a dragon-fly’s wing”
    3. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “What do you weigh, O ye vendors”, “girdles of gold”, “What do you weave”, “the brow of a bridegroom”

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The poem In the Bazaars of Hyderabad is a poem full of imagery i.e. it touches all the senses of humans. Following images are used in the poem: Visual Imagery: It appeals to the sense of sight. The poet describes things in vibrant colours like silver, crimson, purple, amber, blue, azure, red and whiRead more

    The poem In the Bazaars of Hyderabad is a poem full of imagery i.e. it touches all the senses of humans. Following images are used in the poem:

    1. Visual Imagery: It appeals to the sense of sight. The poet describes things in vibrant colours like silver, crimson, purple, amber, blue, azure, red and white.
    2. Olfactory Imagery: It appeals to the sense of smell. e.g. smell of sandalwood, henna and spice.
    3. Auditory Imagery: It appeals to the sense of hearing. e.g. The playing of Cithar, sarangi and drum.
    4. Gustatory Imagery: It appeals to the sense of taste. e.g. the taste of citron, pomegranate and plum.
    5. Tactile Imagery: It appeals to the sense of touch. e.g. bells of the pigoens.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The author has tried to do justice to the culture and customs of the land and its people. The use of environmental and natural vistas is ornate and gives a sense of presence to the entire meeting. The attributes like deference, hospitality, gratitude, care, goodness etc are displayed in the characteRead more

    The author has tried to do justice to the culture and customs of the land and its people. The use of environmental and natural vistas is ornate and gives a sense of presence to the entire meeting.

    The attributes like deference, hospitality, gratitude, care, goodness etc are displayed in the characters of the story. This is undoubtedly a tribute to the people of the Philippines and a eulogy to their ways, proclivities and conduct.

    The story is grounded against the screen of colonial intrusion into the Filipino society which was a time of flux and massive changes. It depicts a-balancing act between the known and the strange, between the traditional and the modern, a twist of mundane with the unconventional.

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