Sarojini Naidu as a Lyric Poet

Indian poet and political activist Sarojini Naidu, known as ‘Bharatiya Kokila’ (The Nightingale of India), was a prolific poet, whose work drew wide acclaim, and influenced generations of writers. Her brilliance is deeply observed in the sublime and lofty songs that she sang. Unparallel as she stands even today, for the variegated versatility and rapturourness of her lyrics, she is the unsurpassing great woman the staunch patriot the national singer.

Sarojini’s poetry is a beautiful kaleidoscopic view of the image of Indian life culture and Indianess. The first thing that strikes us in reading Naidu’s poetry is her exquisite melody and fine delicacy of feeling, an expression blended with the freshness and exuberance of spirit. She has skillfully weaved a beautiful picture using various strands of emotions- love, separation, ecstasy, mellowness, seasons especially spring folklore, festivals, history, and mythology to present the vivid images of India and Indian womanhood. Whether it is Radha, Zubeidaa, a parda-nashin coy lady, a married woman, or a mother, Damayanti or a Rajput princess — all poems have a bird like rapturous, melodious, haunting, resonating and perpetual quality about them. They all sound like a sweet tintinnabulation to the reader’s car. All her major themes are variegated and depict not only her love for her motherland but also her complete amalgamation in its culture.

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