Select any poem from Treasure Trove book and write a reflection journal about what did
you learn from the poem and how are they relevant in today’s age. (word limit 150 words)
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Answer:
The Bangle Sellers’ was published in the 1912 collection of poetry called The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death and the Spring. The poem depicts a group of bangle sellers who wander from town to town to sell their inventory. One of them becomes the narrator or the speaker of the poem
Bangle Sellers
Extract I
Bangle sellers are we……daughters and happy wives.
1. What is being referred to as ‘shining loads’? Who all are its prospective buyers?
The shining bangles that are being carried by the bangle sellers to the temple fair for sale are referred to as shining loads. Women of every age group are the prospective buyers of these bangles.
2. Bangle sellers could sell their goods anywhere. Why do they choose to go to the temple fair?
Temple fair is the place which is visited by women of all age groups. Here the bangle sellers can sell their goods to ‘happy daughters and happy wives.’
3. Which figure of speech is used in the line ‘Rainbow-tinted circles of light’? Explain what is linked to the happiness of daughters and wives.
The figure of speech used here is a metaphor as multi-hued bangles are compared to the radiant lives of ‘happy daughters and happy wives.’ The multi-coloured bangles have been linked to the dreams, youthfulness and aspirations of ‘happy daughters and happy wives.’
4. Explain how the poet uses her descriptive skills to present facts. Give two examples from the extract.
The bangle sellers go to the temple fair to sell bangles as women of every age would be present there. The poet’s descriptive skills are reflected in the way she has expressed the different stages in a traditional India woman’s life. For example, in a single stanza she had described bangles as ‘shining loads’, ‘rainbow tinted circles of light’ and ‘lustrous tokens of radiant lives.’
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The Bangle Sellers’ was published in the 1912 collection of poetry called The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death and the Spring. The poem depicts a group of bangle sellers who wander from town to town to sell their inventory. One of them becomes the narrator or the speaker of the poem
Bangle Sellers
Extract I
Bangle sellers are we……daughters and happy wives.
1. What is being referred to as ‘shining loads’? Who all are its prospective buyers?
The shining bangles that are being carried by the bangle sellers to the temple fair for sale are referred to as shining loads. Women of every age group are the prospective buyers of these bangles.
2. Bangle sellers could sell their goods anywhere. Why do they choose to go to the temple fair?
Temple fair is the place which is visited by women of all age groups. Here the bangle sellers can sell their goods to ‘happy daughters and happy wives.’
3. Which figure of speech is used in the line ‘Rainbow-tinted circles of light’? Explain what is linked to the happiness of daughters and wives.
The figure of speech used here is a metaphor as multi-hued bangles are compared to the radiant lives of ‘happy daughters and happy wives.’ The multi-coloured bangles have been linked to the dreams, youthfulness and aspirations of ‘happy daughters and happy wives.’
4. Explain how the poet uses her descriptive skills to present facts. Give two examples from the extract.
The bangle sellers go to the temple fair to sell bangles as women of every age would be present there. The poet’s descriptive skills are reflected in the way she has expressed the different stages in a traditional India woman’s life. For example, in a single stanza she had described bangles as ‘shining loads’, ‘rainbow tinted circles of light’ and ‘lustrous tokens of radiant lives.’