what is the gist of the poem the bangle sellers
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The Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu: Summary
By Sugat Machale / Indian Poetry, Sarojini Naidu
The Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu: About the poem
Written by the prominent Indian poet and politician Sarojini Naidu, ‘The Bangle Sellers’ is a poem exploring the life of Indian women, the Indian culture and traditions revolving around women. In most of her poems, Sarojini Naidu writes on the theme of Indian culture and people. Her poems are focused on Indian settings and this poem makes no exception. In its Indianness, the poem resembles another poem of hers, In the Bazaars of Hyderabad.
The poem revolves around bangles, which is an important ornament for ’embellishment’ of women in Indian Society. In the poem, the bangle sellers are at the temple fair and they shout out to the people passing by to have a look at their bangles. They urge them to buy bangles for their daughters and wives.
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- The bangle sellers take their bangles to the temple fair to sell them. The bangles are termed as “lustrous tokens of radiant lives” which symbolize love and happiness in people's lives particularly the daughters and wives who become happy to possess them.