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Coromandel Fishers - by Sarojini Naidu ​

About the Poet ​

Sarojini Naidu was born on February 13, 1879, Hyderabad in India and died on March 2, 1949, Lucknow she was a Political activist, feminist and Poet she was the first Indian woman to be the President of the Indian national Congress Party and to be appointed as an Indian State Governor. She was called:

“The nightingale of India.” by~ Mahatma Gandhi.

Sarojini Chatto Pathyay was the eldest daughter of Aghornath Chattopadhyay a bengal brahmin who was the Principle of Nizam college Hyderabad she was the eldest of eight sibling - Virendranath Chattopadhyay, a revolutionary leader and Haridranath Chatto Path yay a Poet and actor were her brothers - She entered the university of madras at the age of 12 and studied in england at kings college, london and then Girton college Cambridge from 1895 to 1898 with a Scholarship from the Nizam of Hyderabad. During this Period was involved in the sufferogisent in england. She returned to India in 1898 and married Govindarajulu Naidu whom she had met in england daughter Padma Naidu.

Poem ​

Rise, brothers, rise; the wakening skies pray to the morning light, The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that has cried all night. Come, let us gather our nets from the shore and set our catamarans free, To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, for we are the kings of the sea!

No longer delay, let us hasten away in the track of the sea gull's call, The sea is our mother, the cloud is our brother, the waves are our comrades all. What though we toss at the fall of the sun where the hand of the sea-god drives? He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives.

Sweet is the shade of the cocoanut glade, and the scent of the mango grove, and sweet are the sands at the full o!' the moon with the sound of the voices we love; But sweeter, O! brothers, the Kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foam’s glee; Row, brothers, row to the edge of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea.

Q&A (1-7) ​

Q1. What are the figures of speech used in the following lines:? ​

  • a) "The wakening skies Pray to the morning light." Ans: sky is being given the human quality of Prayer - Personification.
  • b) "The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child." Ans: A: Wind is given human qualities of sleeping & being held - child - simile.
  • c) "The Sea is our mother." Ans: The is given the human quality of being a mother, nurturing & caring for the people who depend on it - Metaphor.
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Metaphor - Same qualities.
  • d) "The Cloud is our brother. Ans: The cloud is given the human quality of being a brother, a close and familiar relationship - Metaphor.
  • e) "The waves are our comrades all." Ans: The waves are given the human quality of being comrades, Companions who fight along side.- Metaphor.

The following things are described as sweet Sweet Descriptions:

  • The shade of the coconut glade.
  • The scent of the mango groove.
  • The sands at the full moon, with the sound of the voices we love.

However, the poem then contrasts these things with what is considered "sweeter". The following things considered the sweeter:

  • The kiss of the spray (The feel of the sea spray on their faces).
  • The dance of the wild foam’s glee (The joyful movement of the wild foam on the waves)

This contrast highlights the Fishermen’s preference for the exiting & adventurous life at sea over the comfortable pleasures of life on land.

Q2. How ever, the poem then conman this things with what is considered sweeter - the following things considered the sweeter. ​

Ans:

  • The kiss of the spray (The feel of the sea spray on the face).
  • The dancer of the wild foam glow (The joyful moments of the wild foam on the waves).
  • This con-chart highlights the fisherman's preference for the exciting & adventure life at sea over the comfortable pleasures of life on land.

Q3. How does Sarojini Naidu describe a day in the lives of the Fishermen? ​

Ans: In the poem "the Coramandel Fisher's" she describes the beauty of nature & the folk culture of the Coramandel Coast of India. It depicts the relationship of fishermen with nature. Nature stands as a symbol of beauty that expresses the optimistic view of life. The fishermen of Coramandel Coast rise at dawn to the Call of their leader. They gather their fishing nets from the shore, set their fishing boats free, and sail away to capture the fish they follow the Call of the Seagull Sea-gull where they can get plenty of fish. They face the storms and rising fights bravely they find pleasure in rowing to the werge of the sea where is-

Q4. The Poet compares the sea to a mother, what does this metaphor tell us about the fisherman attitude towards the sea? ​

Ans: In the Poem "Coramandel fisher's", the metaphor as the sea as a mother revell's a deab-seated attitude of reverence, trust and intimacy the fisherman have for the sea. This comparison tells us that the sea is not meraly a source of livelyhood. But, as a living entity that provides, nurtures, and protects them.

The fisherman's attitude toward the sea:

  1. The sea as a provider or just as a mother provides food for her children, the sea offers the fishermen (testing/leaping) which they depend for survival.
  2. The sea as a protector. Despite the intense dangers of the sea, the fisherman possesses a fearless attitude. Because they believe the sea will protect them. In the face of a strome, they believe that: "He who holds the storm by the hair, will hide in his breast our lives." sence of kin time with money on By Personifying the sea as a mother, the Poet emphasis that the fishermen's profound connections to the nature world. They don't see on the sky as hostile force, but as family.

Q5. Which lines of the Poem inspire courage and confidence in the fisher men? explain. ​

Ans: The Poem "Coromandel fisher's" by Sarojini Naidu inspire corog and confidence in the fisher men through It's visit protrayel of their daily lives and there relationship with the sea:

  • a) "lines inspireing courage and confidence": "Rise, brother, rise the wakening skies Prayer to the morning lights" In the opening line acts as a Powerfull call to action, urging that the fishermen to start their day with a sence of purpose and divience blessing.
  • b) The sea is our mother, The cloud is our brother, The coaves are commrades all: - This line is central to the Poem's team of courage by personifying, nature in the family. The fishermen are shown to have a deep, intimate and trusting relationship with the sea. The sea isn't an emeny but a nurturing mother," and the woves aren't treads but commrades.
  • c) what "Taough we task at the fall of the sun, where the tread of the sea":- This line show cases their bravery and residience A knowlege's the interint danger's of their Profestion while stmultaneously, dismissing then as trivial.
  • d) He who hold's the storm by the hair will keep his secert well: This final insetts an unwavering faith in a higher Power it reassures the fishermen that there sercet" of finding fish is protected by a divine being who controls the mightly "storm" This belief in divine protection gives then the ultimate confidence the venture; out fearlessly; knowing their livelyhea lives are safe guarded.

Q6. What do you find most appealing in the Poem; It's rhythm, imagery (or) message? ​

Ans: In "Coromandel fisher's" by Sarojini Naidu what many readers find appealing is "it's rhythm" the Poem has a Song-Like Quality, almost like a chant, which refers the fishermen call to begin their day to steady musical rhythm matches the rise and fall of the sea waves creating a sense of movement & energy this rhythm makes the Poem, memorable and gives it a natural floo, Almost like the sea itself calling the fishermen.

The imagery is also striking. "The sea is a mother." "The cloud as a friend", the waves as Playmates" But it is the rhythm that ties everything together and makes the call to action both Persavasive and instreing. So, the rhythm is the most appealing because it captures the spirit of the fishermen's life & makes the Poem feel alive and musical.

Q7. What are the Rhyming words in the Poem? ​

Ans:

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// This isn't part of the Answer BUT FYI (For your information.). The real answer starts from line 88.

The Poem "Coromandel fisher's" by Sarojini Naidu, has a consistent "AABB" (A set of four lines in which the first two lines 3 & 4 which also end with words that rhyme with one another), meaning the rhyming words appear in Pairs at the end of consecutive lines. Here are the rhyming words from each stanza.

[light, night - free, sea - call, au, - drives lines - groove, love - glee, sea]................

The rise of this rhyme scheme gives the Poem alyrical song- like quality that is easy to read and remembers rein forming is thences of Unity, a shared Porlose & the fishermen's connection to the nature.

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