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    Sarojini Naidu was an Indian independence activist and poet who lived from 1879 to 1949. Some key facts about her life and work include: she was born in Hyderabad, India and her first collection of poems titled "Golden Threshold" was published in 1905. Her poems were written in English but contained an Indian soul. After India's independence, she became the first woman governor of Uttar Pradesh.

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    SAROJINI NAIDU

    Sarojini Naidu was born in February 1879 in Hyderabad


    Her first collection of poem titled GOLDEN THRESHOLD,
    was published in 1905
    Her poems are in English , but have Indian soul
    After he independence she became the first woman
    governor of Uttar Pradesh
    She passed away in March 1949
    COROMANDAL FISHERS
    Rise , brothers ,rise , he 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 sons of the sea!

    No longer delay , let us hasten away in the track of the seagulls 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 coconut 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 foams
    glee;
    Row ,brothers , row to the blue of the verge where the low sky mates with the sea
    SUMMARY OF THE POEM
    The early and daily morning song that is inculcated in the hearts and minds of the
    simple fishing community in the eastern coast of India. It calls them all at each and every
    early dawn to tell the men folk to rise, brothers, rise; the wakening skies pray to the
    morning light for the great catch throughout the day. The wind lies asleep in the arms of
    the dawn like a child that has cried all night. They should leave immediately and let them
    gather their nets from the shore and set their catamarans; a yacht or other boat with twin
    hulls in parallel free. To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, the innumerable and
    immeasurable shoal of fish that moves with the warm ocean current; for these simple
    fishing folks are the kings of the sea! No longer had delay let them hasten away in the
    track of the sea gull's call. The sea is their mother, the cloud is their brother, and the
    waves are their comrades all. What though they 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 their
    lives. Sweet is the shade of the cocoanut glade; an open space in a wood or forest; and the
    scent of the mango grove; a small wood, orchard, or group of trees.
    And sweet are the sands at the full of the moon; the light of the full moon lightens the
    surface water of the sea; with the sound of the voices they love; while returning to the
    shore they sing in rejoice to close each triumphant day. As the endlessly moving waves
    washes the sores of the land, they create very thick foam at the boundary of the water and
    the land. But sweeter, are the brothers, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild
    foam's glee; great delight: a song for mens voices in three or more parts, usually
    unaccompanied. Row, brothers, row to the edge of the verge; an edge or border; where
    the low sky mates with the sea; the point over the horizon where the sea appears to touch
    the sky.

    WORD STUDY
    Wakening skies




    CATAMARANS
    LEAPING WEALTH OF TIDE
    SEAGULL
    STORM
    COCONUT GLADE
    MANGO GROVE
    FULL MOON
    LOW SKY MATES WITH THE SEA
    RHYMING WORDS

    Light-night
    Free-sea
    Call-all
    Drives-lives
    Grove-love
    Glee-sea
    QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
    1 Who is the speaker of the poem? Who does he address?
    A fisherman is the speaker. He address his friends.
    2 What does the speaker ask his friends to do?
    To gather their nets from the shore and set their catamarans free.
    3 Speaker has other friends than his fellow fishermen. Who are they?
    Waves
    4 What is the leaping wealth of the tide?
    Fish is the leaping wealth of the tide.
    5 What is the wind compared to?
    Wind is compared to a child that has cried all night.
    6 Which is sweeter for the fishermen the land or the sea ? why?
    Sea. Because he believes that the kiss of the spray and the dance
    of the wild foams glee are sweeter than the things on land .

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