describe the portrayal of sita in toru dutt's poem 'sita' for 5marks
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In the poem "Sita" the poet Toru Dutt conjures up the mythic past and tries to infuse into it the past glory. She gives a picture of Sita in exile. What fascinates the reader is her description of nature in which flowers, lakes, peacocks, and a herd of deer find a place.
The narrator in the poem is the mother who is telling the story of Sita in exile to her three children- Toru, her sister Aru, and their brother, Abju. In the darkened room the three children gaze, through the eyes of their mind, on a dense forest i.e., the Ashram of Valmiki where Sita was in exile. They see gigantic flowers blooming on creepers that embrace tall trees; a quiet clear lake where white swans are swimming smoothly; the peacock springing the herds of wild deer racing; the small areas gleaming with yellow waving grain. And among all these, they see Sita weeping because she has been put in exile in Valmiki Ashram.
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In this poem , conjures up the mythical past and tries to infuse into the past of the glory .