Question

1)Describe the various ways in which Sarojani naidu has used poetic device in this poem?

from the poem In the bazaar of Hyderabad

Answer 1

Answer:

In The Bazaars of Hyderabad" is an early 20th-century English poem written by Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) (also known as The Nightingale of India), an Indian independence activist and a poet from Hyderabad, India. The poem is written in five stanzas, was first published in the year 1912 from London in a form of book The Bird of Time with her other series of poems. The poem typifies the social and the cultural life of Hyderabad, it is not only meant for financial dealing for buying and selling, but it is also a meeting place for people from different background having multifarious interest.

While reviewing the poem The New York Times wrote in the April 1913 edition that "In the Bazaars of Hyderabad" shines like an oriental gem in the 'Birds Of Time'.

In this poem Naidu describes the beauty of traditional Hyderabadi Bazaars. She presented the lively pictorial scenes of merchants, vendors, peddlers, goldsmiths, fruit-men and flower girls selling their goods, all of whom answer the questions of purchasers who buy their articles after a detailed bargaining. The poem also describes the musical instruments being used by the musicians and magicians described in the bazaar.

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