Question

Read the lines from the poem sang of a dream by Sarojini Naidu and prepare an appreciation about the poem.
Once in the dream of a night i stood
Lone in the light of a magical wood,
Soul deep in visions that poppy-like sprang;
and spirits of truth were the birds that sang
and spirits of love were the stars that glowed,
and spirits of peace were the streams that flowed
in that magical wood in the land of sleep

Answer 1

The poet tells us about her dream in which she attained peace and serenity. She narrates that she was alone in a magical wood. She had soulful visions, which she compares to a poppy using simile. The sight touches her soul as the hues of poppy. The land of her dreams overflowed with the spirits of truth which she skilfully compares to a bird. The sky glittered with the spirits of love as it shines bright in the sky. The poem evokes the auditory image (birds that sang) as well as visual image (stars that glowed and the streams of peach flowed through the land. The air, water and the sky- key elements of the earth bloom in the spirits of truth, peace and love respectively. She emphasises that fact that all this happens in the land of sleep- her dreamland.