Song of a dream

Song of a dream

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  WELCOME NIKKU SAIRA JOJI
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  GOOD MORNING KIDS Hidear students, Today we are going to study a beautiful poem by Sarojini Naidu, "Song of a Dream". Enjoy.
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  SONG OF A DREAM SAROJININAIDU
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  SAROJINI NAIDU • Shewas the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of a state in India. Sarojini Naidu was a distinguished poet, renowned freedom fighter and one of the great orators of her time. She was famously known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India). Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of a state in India.
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  Her Works:  TheGolden Threshold, published in the United Kingdom,1905  The Bird of Time: Songs of Life, Death & the Spring, published in London, 1912  The Broken Wing: Songs of Love, Death and the Spring, including "The Gift of India" (first read in public in 1915), 1917  The Sceptred Flute: Songs of India, Allahabad: Kitabistan, posthumously published, 1943  The Feather of the Dawn, posthumously published, edited by her daughter, Padmaja Naidu, 1961
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  BEAUTIFUL NATURE
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  DIFFICULT WORDS • Grove(n) - a small wood or a group of trees • Eg: an olive grove • Gather (v)-come together, assemble • Eg: as soon as the crowd gathered, the police came • Gleam (v) – shine brightly • Eg: He polished the table until it gleamed • Delicate (adj) - graceful • Eg: a delicate lace shawl. • Quench (v) – satisfy (one’s thirst) by drinking
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  • Imageries inthe poem • Imagery- Language that makes people imagine pictures in their minds. They appeal to our senses of sight,sound, taste, touch and smell,and helps us form a mental picture. • Visualimages in the poem: • magical wood • stars that glowed • streams that flowed • Can you find out more..? • Poetical devices in the poem • Similie - a diect comparison of two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'. • Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang
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  • Metaphor- adirect comparison between unlike things stating that one is the other or does the action f the other. • And the spirits of Truths were the birds that sang. • And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed. • And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed. • Personification- giving human traits and qualities to an inanimate object. • spirits of truth( does truth has spirit?) • Alliteration- repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words placed near each other, usually on the same or adjacent lines. • Lone in the light • gather of gleam