1. Answer the following in one or two sentences each:
1. Pick out the words from the poem which describe the movement
of the bride.
2. How do the palanquin bearers carry the bride?
3. Why do you think the palanquin bearers are carrying the
palanquin lightly?
4. What are the emotions that the bearers feel as they carry the
palanquin?
and a bird?
Answers
Answer:
The above given question is from the poem " Palanquin Bearer " written by Sarojini Naidu.
1) The words from the poem which describes movement of the bride are - skim and sway. Skim is the movement of birds and flowers sway sidewise during breeze.
2) The palanquin bearers carry the bride very carefully and delicately. This has been described in the poem with contrast to a string that has pearls beaded in it.
3) The palanquin bearers are carrying the palanquin lightly as they do not want the bride to feel exhausted and tired after the journey.
4) The palanquin bearers are very soft and gentle in carrying the bride. They could totally feel the emotional state of the bride as she has been separated from her parents.
They are carrying her like a flower which is delicate and soft and hence do not want to cause any harm to the bride in this long tiring journey to her in-laws.