THE GIFT OF INDIA” BY SAROJINI NAIDU AND “JOHN BROWN” BY BOB DYLAN AS ANTI WAR POEMS .WHICH OF THE TWO APPEALS TO YOU MORE AND WHY ? WRITE IN 1500 WORDS.
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The Gift of India by Sarojini Naidu
Also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu was a poet as well as a prominent figure in the Indian National Movement. Her poetry is replete with her patriotism.
The Gift of India is an emotionally charged response to the martyrdom of Indian soldiers in foreign lands, during the First World War. During this period, India was still squirming under the atrocities and exploitation of British Rule. Its hegemony had usurped our sovereignty. They projected themselves as the rulers and denied us our legitimate rights in our OWN country, through immoral methods. Sarojini cries out that though the English had taken over our entire country and monopolized its prosperity, this loss is insignificant in comparison with the ruthless killing of Indian soldiers, who were duty bound to serve the self-assumed monarchs of India. The Indians were in no way involved either in the cause or the outcome of the war, but they were unscrupulously deployed for the benefit of the English against the Germans and their Allies. Naidu has personified India as a Mother and her fervent patriotism is revealed in Mother India herself speaking of the love, devotion and heroism of her children. She speaks of the precious gifts that she has offered to the world, the most important being the gift of her children’s lives.
The very word “gift” raises expectations and arouses curiosity about the nature of this “gift”—who is the giver and who the receiver? And one wonders—is this impartment spontaneous or forced? This poem, which commemorates the sacrifices of our countrymen, begins with a Rhetorical Question. Mother India cries out impassionately to the British colonisers and asks in a rhetoric tone,