What does Derozio say about the poetry produced by the poets of the past?
Answers
The poem Harp of India is written by Henry Derozio, who led the Young Bengal Movement and is also known as the first modern English poet of India. His father was an Indo-Portuguese and mother British. In spite of having little Indian blood, Derozio loved India very much.
The poem Harp of India celebrates the glorious past of India and mourns over its loss because of British Rule and ends with the hope that she (India) will regain its glory. The poet uses Harp as a symbol for the Indian poets who were earlier famous but under the British Rule, they are suffering.
The poem is a sonnet. However, it is different from the traditional sonnets and has rhyme scheme ababbabcdcdcbb. There are mainly two sections in the poem. In the first section, the poet laments the loss of the glorious past of India. In the second part, the poet hopes that the glory will be back.