Question

Mention all the literary devices and colour imagery in the poem bangle sellers by sarojini naidu

Answer 1

Each of Sarojini Naidu’s poems is full of literary devices and rich imagery. ‘The Bangle Sellers’ is not an exception either.

 

1.    Alliteration- When a particular sound is repeated. The ‘h’ sound is repeated here.

‘the hue of her heart's desire’

2.    Irony- Though the poet did not originally intend it, the poem is ironical. It talks about bangles being worn by ‘happy daughters and happy wives’, but the only wives the poetess seems to hold in high esteem are the ones who live according to their husband’s wishes. Sadly, these women cannot assert their individuality and hence their lives might not be as happy as the poetess thinks them to be.

3.    Metaphor- An indirect comparison.

‘Rainbow-tinted circles of light’

The poet likens the colourful bangles to the rainbow.

4.    Simile- A comparison in which the words ‘as’ or ‘like’ are used.

‘Silver and blue as the mountain mist’

‘Some are like fields of sunlit corn’

5.    Imagery- Using words skillfully to create images in the readers mind. The poem has a lot of visual imagery, like ‘mountain mist’, ‘buds that dream’, ‘new born leaves’ and ‘flame of her marriage fire’ and one instance of auditory imagery- ‘tinkling’.

6.    Anaphora- When a number of lines (successive ones) begin with the same word.

‘And cradled fair sons on her faithful breast,’
And serves her household in fruitful pride,
And worships the gods at her husband's side.’ 

 

Naidu’s usage of literary devices shows her command of the language and enriches the poem manifold.

Answer 2

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