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  1. Mitigate means to reduce or make something less painful. In the poem, the palanquin bearers are carrying bride in the palanquin. They are probably singing in order to relieve the bride from the pain which she is feelings after leaving her parents home. They consider the bright to be soft, light, preRead more

    Mitigate means to reduce or make something less painful. In the poem, the palanquin bearers are carrying bride in the palanquin. They are probably singing in order to relieve the bride from the pain which she is feelings after leaving her parents home. They consider the bright to be soft, light, precious and queen.

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  1. Pearl is a precious stone and string refers to cloth here. In the poem, the bride is referred to as "pearl on a string" because she is as precious and beautiful as a pearl on the cloth. Read summary of this poem.  

    Pearl is a precious stone and string refers to cloth here. In the poem, the bride is referred to as “pearl on a string” because she is as precious and beautiful as a pearl on the cloth.

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  1. The palanquin bearers feel that the bride is very light in weight. She is like a beautiful flower who is listening to the songs sung by the palanquin bearers. They feel that the bride is as light as bird which skims on the foam of a stream. She is as previous as pearl. She shines like a dew drop (whRead more

    The palanquin bearers feel that the bride is very light in weight. She is like a beautiful flower who is listening to the songs sung by the palanquin bearers. They feel that the bride is as light as bird which skims on the foam of a stream. She is as previous as pearl. She shines like a dew drop (when sun rays fall on it) and like sun rays on the tide (in the sea).

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  1. The mood of the poem Palanquin Bearers is cheerful and joyful. In the poem, the people who are holding the palanquin do not feel any weight of the bride. Instead they consider her to be like foam on the water i.e. without any water. Tone of the poem is celebratory and joyful. The poet is discussingRead more

    The mood of the poem Palanquin Bearers is cheerful and joyful. In the poem, the people who are holding the palanquin do not feel any weight of the bride. Instead they consider her to be like foam on the water i.e. without any water.

    Tone of the poem is celebratory and joyful. The poet is discussing the joy which the palanquin bearers feel while holding the bride.

    The poem Palanquin Bearers is set in India where people have tradition of taking the bride in palanquin to her new home.

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  1. In the poem The bangle sellers the poet is trying to convince readers of The spiritual & like the importance of bangles in Indian culture. The poem glorifies the idea of the Indian womanhood associated it with the colour of bangles worn by women in the stages

    In the poem The bangle sellers the poet is trying to convince readers of The spiritual & like the importance of bangles in Indian culture. The poem glorifies the idea of the Indian womanhood associated it with the colour of bangles worn by women in the stages

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    The poem is about preserving Indian culture and traditions, set in the backdrop of the early 20th century in an Indian society.   Stanza Wise Summary of the Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu

    The poem is about preserving Indian culture and traditions, set in the backdrop of the early 20th century in an Indian society.

     

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    The title of the poem revolves around the lives of the bangle sellers who paints a picture of the lives of Indian women through their bangles. Stanza Wise Summary of the Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu

    The title of the poem revolves around the lives of the bangle sellers who paints a picture of the lives of Indian women through their bangles.

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  1. Poetic devices/figures of speech used in the poem are:- Simile:- is used to compare two things directly using the words “as” and “like.” For example, the poet uses simile when she says “Silver and blue as the mountain mist,/ Some are flushed like the buds that dream.” Metaphor:- is an indirect compaRead more

    Poetic devices/figures of speech used in the poem are:-

    1. Simile:- is used to compare two things directly using the words “as” and “like.” For example, the poet uses simile when she says “Silver and blue as the mountain mist,/ Some are flushed like the buds that dream.”
    2. Metaphor:- is an indirect comparison between two things with a point of similarity. For example, in the poem the poet says “Rainbow-tinted circles of light.”
    3. Alliteration:- is the repetition of the consonant sound at the beginning of adjacent words. For example, in the poem, “Or, rich with the hue of his heart’s desire.”
    4. Imagery:- is used to evoke symbols of the inner meaning in the poem like the poet evokes the image of the different phases in women’s life through the colour of the bangles worn by them.

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    The poem celebrates womanhood by discussing different stages in a woman’s life and associating colours to it to reflect the inner emotions.   Stanza Wise Summary of the Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu

    The poem celebrates womanhood by discussing different stages in a woman’s life and associating colours to it to reflect the inner emotions.

     

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  1. The poetess represents the stages in the life of a woman with the colours of bangles in this poem. The colour and the design of a woman changes according to the changing stages of her life. The bright, rainbow coloured and shining bangles are for happy daughters and happy wives. Silver and blue bangRead more

    The poetess represents the stages in the life of a woman with the colours of bangles in this poem. The colour and the design of a woman changes according to the changing stages of her life. The bright, rainbow coloured and shining bangles are for happy daughters and happy wives. Silver and blue bangles are for single women, purple and gold-flecked grey bangles represent older women who have experienced marriage life and motherhood. Each bangle symbolizes significant stages in an Indian woman’s life.

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