Question

expression of Groves of spice​

Answer 1

Answer :-

From groves of spice,

O’er fields of rice,

Athwart the lotus-stream,

I bring for you,

Aglint with dew

A little lovely dream.

Sweet, shut your eyes,

The wild fire-flies

Dance through the fairy neem;

From the poppy-bole

For you I stole

A little lovely dream.

Dear eyes, good-night,

In golden light

The stars around you gleam;

On you I press

With soft caress

A little lovely dream.

Background: 

Sarojini Naidu, known as “The nightingale of India”, was a great Indian poet, orator, politician and administrator. Her poem “Cradle song” is a very gentle and tender song used to lull a child to sleep. This is being sung by a mother to her child who describes various picturesque places from where she says she brings her child a little lovely dream. The poem is a mother’s use of imagination and beautiful words which create a calming effect on the child and induce sleep. The mother gently caresses the child while singing and says she hopes the child sleeps well and has pleasant dreams. From the poem we can infer that it is based in an Indian village as she describes the spice groves, rice fields and a stream.

Structure:

The poem consists of three stanzas with the same number of lines in each stanza. Each stanza ends with the line “A little lovely dream”. The poem has a rhyming scheme as the end of each line rhymes with the end of the next line.

Imagery has been used in the poem as the poet gives a visual description of the various locations using beautiful words. Since it is being sung to a child, she uses fantasy and a very pleasant and soothing tone.

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