Question

what is the summary of the poem street cries ?

Answer 1

Street Cries refer to the shouts rendered by hawkers on the streets to sell their merchandise. ... The hawkers do not stop their cries even when their throats run dry shouting out for prospective customers and they crave for some liquid to get solace from the scorching heat

Answer 2

Explanation:

The poem Street Cries is a poem written by Sarojini Naidu. The poem is about the general routine people undertake throughout the day. In the first stanza, the author describes how the sun rises in the morning and notes how people prepare and go to their work. In this first stanza, the author describes how people go through a lot of pain to earn so little. He notes the various activities done by different people, for example, people taking their cattle to the hills, other going to the field to harvest their grains, while others are hawking their bread in the streets.

In the second stanza, the author describes how the day unfolds at noon when the sun is too hot. In this stanza, hawkers are still crying out for people to "buy fruit" from their tired throats as they crave for water to quench their thirst.

The third stanza is when evening reaches, during this time lovers enjoy each others company sitting on rooftops. During this, as hawkers still struggle to sell their goods.