Sarojini Naidu - As a poet

Assignment

Name: kunvarani  nidhi  k

Paper :  ’Indian writing in English.’

Topic:’ sarojini Naidu’ - As  a poet

Class: M.A (sem-1

Roll no: 18

Submitted to: Respected Ma’am, Heenaba zala         

                                &

Department of English

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavsinhji University

Bhavnagar.

v   About poet:

As Renaissance began in the field of literature in India, many poets made their hand in this field. During in this period many poets become very famous in India as a ‘Indo-Anglian’ or ‘Indo-Anglican’ poets. In some of them Rabindranath Tagore, shri  Aurobindo, Toru Dutt, and sarojini Naidu are the prominent figures of poetry in India.  They all wrote poetry of Indian culture, tradition  and through their mind-blowing work through they wrote Indian culture’s name in the golden words in the world of literature of English poetry.

‘Sarojini Naidu’was one of the mother India’s most Gifted children.she was known as in India as a ‘Bhartiya  kokila ’or ‘Nightingale of the India’.And, she was also known as in India ‘Elizabeth  Barret’. Through their great and prominent works they put Indian mythical characters, tradition and cultures in the world of literature. But, It would be impossible to talk about her poetry without reference to her life. That ‘s why her poetry is her ‘inner life’ and this is largely a closed book to us.

v  Birth and Childhood:

‘Sarojini Naidu’ was born on February 3, 1879. Her Father Aghoranath chattopadhyaya was a very famous scientist and  philosopher.He was the founder of the Nizam College, Hydrabad. Her mother Barada sundari Devi was  a poetess and used to write poetry in Bengali sarojini Naidu  was the eldest among the eight child.one of her brother Birendranath was a revolutionary and her other brother Harindranath was a poet,dramatist and actor.

v  Education:

At the age of 12, she attained national fame. when she passed the matriculation Examination at madras university.Her father wanted her to become a mathematician or scientist but ‘sarojini Naidu ‘was great interested  in poetry she got the inherited quality from the parents .she was a very bright girl. Becuase of her strong determination and her great interest in poetry she started her as a poet

v  Career:

Most of the poets of the India present their poetry in mother tongue only.Those who present poetry in languages other their own have not succeeded as ‘sarojini Naidu’. Very few people wrote poetry in English. And, in some of them very few people  became famous. Among them,'sarojini Naidu’ stands first. Her  poems are praised not only in  India, but all over the world. She started writing poem in  English. Impressed by her poetry, Nizam of Hydrabad, gave her scholarship to study abroad. At the age of 16, she travelled to England to study first at king’s college, London and later at Girton college, Cambridge. There she met  famous ‘laureates’. Gausse who convinced ‘sarojini Naidu’ to Stick to Indian theme –rivers, temples, social milieu, to express her poetry. Love for the nature and nation  there are two elements played vital role  in the poetic literature we of the ‘sarojini Naidu. At the beginning of contemporary Indian life-style events, tradition and culture through her collections,

1.”The Golden Threshold(1905)”

2.”The Bird of the Time (1912)”

3.”The broken wing (1912)”

There are some collections through she proved that women can also wrote poetry as well as men. And, she broken the believe that women cannot wrote poetry or literature.

v  Her Marriage Life:

At the age of 15, she met Dr. Govindrajulu.  And, very  early age fell in love with him. A Non - Brahmin, and a doctor by profession. After finishing her studies at the age of 19, she married him. During that time inter-caste marriage were not allowed.It was a revolutionary step even her father also gave very much support to her in her endeavour.’ Sarojini Naidu’ had a happy married life. She had four children: Jaysurya, Padmini, Randheer, Leilamani.

v  ‘Sarojini Naidu’- As a poet:

‘Indian writing in English’ enters the mainstream of modern vernacular literatures. But, it’s really began with the time of reforming Raja Rammohan Roy was one of them.

In India of all the celebrated women Mrs.sarojini Naidu’S name written in the golden words I the field literature in English poetry.Not only that,her birthday is celebrated as ‘women’s Day’but she also solved the problems of women in their contemporary time.

She has written poems on religion, country, women’s freedom, culture, tradition and nature also became the main subjects of her poetry. About her life ‘we can also say that, ’she was the creature of the nature.’

Even in sorrow,her nature poems symbolism of the suffering of her life.In this way she is also symbolism kind of poet also.she got the inherited romantic trait in her blood,

“My ancestors for thousand of years have been lovers of the forest and the mountain caves, great dreamers, great scholars, and great ascetics…”

There are all some qualities we can also found in their works of literature. When  she was a teenager in that time Arthur Symons invited her to reveal her passionate self-

“Come and share my exquisite march morning with me…

All is hot and fierce and passionate, ardent and unashamed in its exulting and importunate desire for life and love…”

In that time symon also became very surprisable. she founding her one kind of very strong spirit, she was in her age, she was elder than her age.

Edmund Gosse said about her,

“She was a child of sixteen, but…was already marvelous in mental maturity amazingly well-read and far beyond a wastern child in all her acquaintance with the world.”

Here, some great and imaginative works of ‘sarojini Naidu’.’The Golden Threshold’ by ‘sarojini Naidu’ with an Introduction by ‘sarojini Naidu’ with an Introduction by Arthur Symons.

1.”Ecstasy.”

2.”Autumn Song.”

3.”The poet’s Love-song.”

4.”An Indian Love-song.”

5.”A Rajput Love-song.”

6.”A Love-song from the North.”

There are some great works based on main theme of ‘Love’.so,”Romantic poet” also. Above some of the selective poems of ‘sarojini Naidu’s.We can take an example of the poem’’Ecstasy’’.

·    “Ecstasy”

“Cover mine eyes,  o  my   Love!

Mine eyes that are weary of bliss

As of light is poignant and strong

O  silence  my   lip  weary  a  kiss,

My lips that are weary of   song!

Shelter    my    soul, o  my  Love!          

My soul is bent low with the pain.

And the   burden of  love, like the

                                             Grace.
Of a flower that is smitten with rain:

O   shelter  my   soul   from  the  face!”

This poem shows  the her great passionate and emotions towards the love-theme, Even she was also most probably symbolism poet. Because we can see in her most of poem is symbolical. sometimes she shows different and her meaning to say is something different. she was also lover of the nature. she also wrote good nature poem.And, Even she also known urdu,Telugu,English,Bengal and Persian.And,Through the use of all  language.she became her  work more better.Even if she became more famous in the field of politics more than poet.

v  Sarojini Naidu’s role in the politics:

The Nightingale of  India   was also played good role in the field of politics also.Naidu was the first Indian  woman to became the president of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become  the Governor of utterpradesh state. She was a great patriot, poet, orator, politician, and administrator of all the famous woman  of India. she became the woman of India. She became the most famous heroines in the twentieth century in the field of ‘Indian writing in English’ and the field of politics. She joined the ‘Indian National Movement ‘in the wake of Bengal in 1905.In the contemporary time. She met with Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Rabindranath Tagore Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Annie Besent, C.P. Rama swami Iyer, Gandhiji and Jawaharlal Nehru. She awakened the woman of India. She convinced to the woman of India that their life is not for the whole time spending in the kitchen. She brought out the woman in the kitchen. She travelled from state to state, city after city and asked for the rights of the woman.

In 1925 she presided as Indian National congress at Kanpur. She played very vital role during the ‘Civil Disobediences Movement’. And, she was jailed along with Gandhiji and other leaders. In 1942, she was arrested during “Quit-India” movement and was jailed for 21 months with Gandhiji. She shared a very close and friendly relationship with ‘Bapu’ and used to call him “Mickey Mouse.”

After, Independence she became the Governor of Utterpradesh. She was India ‘s first woman as a state of Governor. And, after in March 2,1949 the Nightingale of the India died in office and with this mother India loose her one greatest and sweetest child as a “Nightingale.”

In this way during her all the life time she played very vital role in many fields. She was first of all great and very prominent poet, politician, orator, president, strong observer also. she was mingling of many qualities. Her all of them works.’ The Golden Threshold (1905) the first volume and ‘The Bird of Time (1912) through she became the voice of the India. About ’The Bird of Time.’ Adam Gosse remark that –

“A Graver music in,

The earlier volume.”

After, ’The flute players of Brindaban’ is also a jevel work of her-‘The flute players of Brindaban’ is also  a jevel work of her-‘The Lotus’ and ‘Awake’ became their soul of the collection and ‘The Broken wing.’ Was her last collection of the poems. Nature poems, patriotic poems, poems of love, and death even mysticism of life subjects through she became her work more famous rich and prominent. She had genuine or inherited poetic talent and she was also a authentic singer or ‘Nightingale of the India’ also.