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Indian Weavers

NIOS · Class 10 · English

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Key Topics to Revise

1

Core idea and structure

  • The poem describes three stages of human life: birth, marriage, and death.
  • Each stage is linked with a time of day: break of day, fall of night, and moonlight chill.
  • Each stage is also linked with a colour of cloth: blue, purple and green, and white.
2

Stanza-wise revision

  • Stanza 1 is about birth. The weavers are weaving at break of day.
  • The cloth is blue and is for the robes of a new-born child.
  • The line 'Blue as the wing of halcyon wild' is a simile.
3

Literary devices and style

  • Simile is the main literary device used in the poem.
  • The poem uses repetition to create rhythm.
  • Repeated words and phrases are 'Weavers, weaving', 'Why do you weave', and 'We weave'.
4

Poet and background

  • The poet is Sarojini Naidu.
  • She was known as Bharatiya Kokila, The Nightingale of India.
  • She was the first Indian woman to become President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become Governor.

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The poem describes birthThe first stanza shows the weaversThe second stanza shows the weaversThe third stanza shows the weaversA simile is a comparison between

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