The poem was inspired by poet's visit to the bird sanctuary in Bombay. Summary of The Bird Sanctuary Quiz on The Bird Sanctuary
The poem was inspired by poet’s visit to the bird sanctuary in Bombay.
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Jade-green gipsy parrots pause their sunward flight to plunder ripe figs. Summary of The Bird Sanctuary Quiz on The Bird Sanctuary
Jade-green gipsy parrots pause their sunward flight to plunder ripe figs.
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Sarojini Naidu refers to God as the Master of Birds. Summary of The Bird Sanctuary Quiz on The Bird Sanctuary
Sarojini Naidu refers to God as the Master of Birds.
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Birds like the bulbul and the oriole, the honeybird and Shama flit among high boughs which drip with nectar and with dew. Summary of The Bird Sanctuary Quiz on The Bird Sanctuary
Birds like the bulbul and the oriole, the honeybird and Shama flit among high boughs which drip with nectar and with dew.
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Birds that chirp in the dawn are referred to as winged choristers in the poem. They include amber, ebony and fawn. Summary of The Bird Sanctuary Quiz on The Bird Sanctuary
Birds that chirp in the dawn are referred to as winged choristers in the poem. They include amber, ebony and fawn.
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Melodious carols coming out of throats of birds like amber, ebony and fawn cause magic tumult in the garden. Summary of The Bird Sanctuary Quiz on The Bird Sanctuary
Melodious carols coming out of throats of birds like amber, ebony and fawn cause magic tumult in the garden.
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The poem The Bird Sanctuary is addressed to The Master of Birds i.e. God. Summary of The Bird Sanctuary Quiz on The Bird Sanctuary
The poem The Bird Sanctuary is addressed to The Master of Birds i.e. God.
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Imagery refers to figurative language used by the poet to create a picture in our mind. In the poem, the poet uses various types of imagery. e.g. Visual Imagery: It creates a mental picture. The poet uses visual imagery ample of times, e.g. "gull parades its sea-washed silver", "The hoopoe and the kRead more
Imagery refers to figurative language used by the poet to create a picture in our mind. In the poem, the poet uses various types of imagery. e.g.
- Visual Imagery: It creates a mental picture. The poet uses visual imagery ample of times, e.g. “gull parades its sea-washed silver”, “The hoopoe and the kingfisher their bronze and sapphire blue”, “silken down and slender banyan twigs”, “the jade-green gipsy parrots”, “red ripe figs”, “sun-ward flight “, “Wild gray pigeons”.
- Auditory Imagery: It involves explain things, ideas and actions using sounds. e.g. “quiet garden”, “magic tumult”, “the festival of Dawn”, “carols in richly cadenced rapture”, “lyric throats of amber, of ebony and fawn”.
The poem “Wrinkles” focused on the mother and the sacrifices she made for her children throughout her life. The mother gives up all she possesses for her children. The toll of all these sacrifices is visible on her face in the form of wrinkles. The poet wants to give a message that we should respectRead more
The poem “Wrinkles” focused on the mother and the sacrifices she made for her children throughout her life. The mother gives up all she possesses for her children. The toll of all these sacrifices is visible on her face in the form of wrinkles. The poet wants to give a message that we should respect the sacrifices made by our mother and should be thankful for all she had done for us.
The poet says that he mustered up all his courage and begin to count the wrinkles on the face of his mother. These wrinkles are not just folds of skin but are the proof of all the pain she had gone through her entire life. The first wrinkle on her face is of the time when her father married her to my father. She left her home and came to a new place and started living with people who are strangers to her.
The second wrinkle on the face of her mother is of the time when I (poet) came into her womb. She nourished me and I grew inside her womb. She carried me in her womb for nine and faced so many problems during this period.
The third wrinkle on her face is of the time when I sucked the milk from her chest. The beauty of her face fades off while taking care of her children but she sacrifices her for their sake.
The fourth wrinkle on the face of my mother is of the time when I got married and she is left alone. This is the harsh reality that children forget the sacrifices made by their mother for them.
The poet says that he wants to seek that young girl his mother used to be under the wrinkles of her face. He wants to see that young girl his mother used to be who was suppressed by his family. He is eager to see the girl, who celebrated the raade festival with joy, who went to river Tawi to immerse the seedlings of raade, who used to play hopscotch and game of pebbles.
The poet says that he will bring everything for her mother like colours of raade, tinsel, colourful pebbles etc. but he wants to se his mother she used to be at her young age when there were no wrinkles on her face even if it is just for one day.
Summary, theme, rhyme scheme and exercises of Poem Wrinkles
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