Answer: Bangles that are silvery and blue and as misty as mountain mist are meant for young maidens. Bangles that are yellow in colour and look like corn fields are best suited for a bride. Red bangles that are like flames of her marriage are also suited for her wrist.
Q. What is the theme of the poem the bangle sellers by Sarojini Naidu?
The theme of the poem is the celebration of indian womanhood. Sarojini Naidu describes each stage of an indian woman with a colour that is suitable. The poem shows the life of an indian woman from a dreamy maiden to an excited bride and then to a faithful wife.
Table of Contents
- Q. What is the theme of the poem the bangle sellers by Sarojini Naidu?
- Q. What do the Bangles Symbolise?
- Q. What are the Bangles referred to in the above extract?
- Q. Which two Coloured bangles are associated with brides how have they been described?
- Q. What are the Bangles compared to?
- Q. How do Bangles enhance the celebration of the wedding?
- Q. How many stages of a woman are skillfully linked with the bangles?
- Q. How do the bride’s bangles reveal the desires of her heart?
- Q. What is the meaning of rich with the hue?
- Q. Which Colour does the following expression like the flame of her marriage Fire represent and why?
- Q. Why are the daughters and wives happy?
- Q. What is the meaning of some like the flame of her marriage fire?
- Q. What does the poet want to convey through the phrase happy daughters and happy wives?
- Q. What is the symbolism of Colour in the poem?
Q. What do the Bangles Symbolise?
Bangles symbolise auspiciousness in marriage for an Indian woman. Savita will come to know “the sanctity” of the bangles when she becomes a bride. The head of a bride is draped with a red veil.
Q. What are the Bangles referred to in the above extract?
(c) What are the bangles referred to in the above abstract? Answer: Bangles are referred to shinning loads, rainbow tinted circles and lustrous tokens in the first line of the poem.
Q. Which two Coloured bangles are associated with brides how have they been described?
Why has the red colour of bangles been compared to the flame of the bride’s marriage fire? Answer: The red and orange bangles symbolise the brides passion and desire. They are luminous and transparent but also tender.
Q. What are the Bangles compared to?
Answer. the bangles suitable to a maiden are compared to the newborn leaves or dew drops on the new born leaves. new born leaves signify the freshness, youth and beauty of a young girl. silver,blue and pink coloured bangles are meant for a maiden.
Q. How do Bangles enhance the celebration of the wedding?
The bangles are tinkling as the heart of the bride keep on vibrating on the thought of marriage and about the unseen future these are luminous as desires get illuminated in heart . Thus the bangles are representing the bride and fully relate to bride.
Q. How many stages of a woman are skillfully linked with the bangles?
three stages
Q. How do the bride’s bangles reveal the desires of her heart?
The bangles that are suitable for a bride are golden coloured like the holy fire around which the bride takes marriage vows with her groom. The bangles also have the colour of ‘her heart’s desire’ which is suggestive of dreams and hopes of a newly wedded bride. Some are purple and gold….. her husband’s side.
Q. What is the meaning of rich with the hue?
Answer: The poet means the bangles stand the heart desire that is the passion on hue newly made by women.
Q. Which Colour does the following expression like the flame of her marriage Fire represent and why?
the marriage fire that symbolizes the hue of her heart’s desire when she is about to enter a new home..with new dreams.. the colour of her bangles at that time is of a fierce red colour.. for her love, her desire of a new life.. new dreams etc..
Q. Why are the daughters and wives happy?
Answer. The daughters are happy because they dream of marriage and the bangles express their longings. The wives who wear bangles lead a satisfying married life.
Q. What is the meaning of some like the flame of her marriage fire?
In the poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’, the poet describes the bright red and orange coloured bangles as the flame of the marriage fire. The red and orange colour are similar to the colour of her heart’s desire which refers to her happiness, joy and love. These feelings she experiences on getting married.
Q. What does the poet want to convey through the phrase happy daughters and happy wives?
Bangles are lustrous tokens of radiant lives because it means that it is bright symbol of happy lives. Bangles are worn by happy daughters and happy wives. Also it shows the joy that a married woman has in her marital life . Thus, the poet tries to convey the happiness of daughter and women through gleaming bangles.
Q. What is the symbolism of Colour in the poem?
Most of your work likely uses color in a two-dimensional way, meaning, color is used to form the lines, shapes, and form of your pictures. It is the descriptive language used to tell the reader what something looks like. Color is not simply a decorative element in a poem.
