Question

What do you weave, 0 ye flower-girls?

With tassels of azure and red?

Crowns for the brow of a bridegroom,

Chaplets to garland his bed,

Sheets of white blossoms new-gathered

To perfume the sleep of the dead.

- Sarojini Naidu

Answer the following questions with reference to the context:

'What do you weave O ye flower girls...'

i) Why does the poet begin the stanza with a question?

iii) What is the meaning of: 'To perfume the sleep of the dead'​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.it describe a girl

2.we are not come form death