Question

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Explain the meaning of the line : Lightly, O lightly we glide and we sing .
The question is from the poem The Palanquin Bearers

Answer 1

Answer:

The Palanquin Bearers is a  beautiful poem of Sarojini Naidu. The poem is  the  song of the  palanquin bearers. The poetess describes how  the  palanquin bearers are carrying  the  palanquin from one  place  to  the  other. The palanquin swings like  a  flower in  the wind. She glides along  in  the  air like  a bird. She  floats in  the  air like  a laugh in  dream. She  looks like a  pearl hanging on a  staring. The palanquin looks to be  hanging like  a  star on  a  dew drop. She  falls  like a  tear from  the  eyes of a  bride. The fact is  the that the poem is  not about  the  bride inside the palanquin but it  is about  palanquin itself. The poetess  has  glorified the poem by  using  beautiful similies.

It is  a song  of  the  palanquin bearers who sing to relieve themselves of the tedium of  journey. The palanquin bearers are carrying  a palanquin from one  place to another  place. The  sweet  melody of the  poem and  the gentle touch of  imagination have  added to the  beauty of the  poem. it is  not correct  to think that the poem is about the bride inside the  palanquin itself. The phrase 'from the  eyes of  a  bride' in line  10 clearly proves it. The lyric  is  characterised by  the  simplicity, spontaneity , brevity , music and  melody. There  is a vivid , colourful and sensuous imagery used in  the poem. The smooth flow  of  lines  and  the  soft  rhythm produce pleasing musical effect. The  poem abounds in similies and  metaphors