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2 Indian Weavers

About the poetess:

Sarojini Naidu
Born: (13 February 1879)
Died: (2 March 1949)

 She was political activist, feminist and the first Indian woman
President of the Indian National Congress.
 She was known as ‘Nightingale of India’

Her Major work

 The Golden Threshold (1905), The Bird of Time (1912), and her
collected poems, published as The Sceptred Flute (1928) and The
Feather of the Dawn (1961).

Poem In Brief

SUMMARY
 Indian Weavers’ is a short poem where the poet talks about three
types of garment that the weavers weave at three particular times of
a day. Each stanza of the poem represents the three important
events of human life: birth (childhood), adulthood (young) and death
(old). The colors mentioned in the stanzas are very significant as they
indicate the moods related to the events.
 The first stanza describes the weavers weaving a cheerful, blue
garment for a newborn child. The second stanza describes the
weavers weaving a bright, colorful garment for a queen’s wedding.
The third stanza describes the weavers weaving a white, funeral
shroud for a deceased person. Through these descriptions, the poem
explores the diverse range of garments that can be created through
the art of weaving and the different occasions they are used for.