Q1. Who is the speaker in the poem?
Ans. The Bangle Seller is the speaker
in the poem. In the opening lines of the poem we see that it is Bangle Seller
who says, “Bangle sellers are we who bear…….Our shining loads to the temple
fair”. He describes himself and his bangles throughout the whole poem.
Q2. How are the bangles described in
the first stanza of the poem and who are these bangles for?
Ans. In the first stanza the bangles are
described as lustrous, shining loads, rainbow-coloured, delicate and bright for
happy daughters and happy wives.
Q3. The poet uses different similes for
the bangles. What are these?
Ans. The similes that are used in
the poem are; Mountain mist, new born leaves, sunlit corn and flame of fire.
Q4. Name the different colours of
bangles mentioned in the poem? What do these colours represent?
Ans. Silver and blue, rainbow coloured,
sunlit corn colour, purple, gold flecked grey are some colours used for bangles
in the poem. These colours represent the bangles suitable for different age
group of woman.
Q5. The word ‘some’ has been repeated
in the poem for a purpose. What is it?
Ans. The word ‘some’ represents the
different types of bangles in the poem.
Q6. Explain the following lines:
“Some are made for a maiden’s wrist,
Silver and blue as the mountain mist”
Ans. These lines have been taken from
the second stanza of the poem “The Bangle Seller” written by Sarojni Naidu. In
these lines, the narrator says that some bangles are made for the wrists of
unmarried women with the silver and blue colors just like the mist of the
mountains.
LANGUAGE WORK
I. Read the poem once again and fill in
the blanks as in the poem:
Bangle seller, sunlit corn, flecked
grey, rainbow-tinted
Ans.1. Bangles are said to be as rainbow-tinted circles
of light.
2. Some are like fields of sunlit
corn.
3. Some bangles are purple and
gold flecked grey.
4. People buy these bangles from
the bangle seller.
II. The poet has used several
expressions which form pictures in the readers mind i.e., “fields of sunlit
corn” and “circles of light”. Pick out more such expressions from the poem.
Ans. Limpid glory and flame of her
marriage fire are some expressions used in the poem.
III. Use the clues to complete the word
pyramid:
Ans. MOB, MOTH, MONTH, MOTHER, MORNING, MOUNTAIN
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