Song of dream stanza 1

poem

1. Good Morning dears…..

2. Poem Song of a Dream - Sarojini Naidu

3. Sarojini Naidu

4. Life Period : 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949 Known as : The Nightingale of India. An activist of freedom movement in India. She was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian State. She writes beautiful poems that could also be sung. Famous works : The Golden Threshold The Bird of Time The Broken Wing Sarojini Naidu

5. Once in the dream of a night I stood Lone in the light of a magical wood, Soul-deep in visions that poppy-like sprang; And spirits of Truth were the birds that sang, And spirits of Love were the stars that glowed, And spirits of Peace were the streams that flowed In that magical wood in the land of sleep. Stanza 1….

6. Glossary References Lone – lonely Sprang –To jump or leap Vision – The sense or ability to sight Glowed – to give off light

7. Paraphrase The poet tells about her dream in which she attained Peace. She describes “the magical wood” she dream of. She narrates that she was alone in magical woods. She had a soulful visions, which she compares to a poppies. It is an example of simile. The sight touches her soul as the hues of poppy. In her imaginative world, the abstract values and ideas of truth, love and peace are embodied in tangible form of nature.

8. They are no more just abstract ideas, but are discernible objects with proper shape and size. In the poets dream, “Truth” has transformed into singing birds. “Love "into glowing stars. And “peace” into flowing streams . [ The magical wood is a perfect land of all ideal values. It stands for her mother land where Truth, Love and peace co-exist. ]

9. Questions In the poet’s dream ‘truth’ is transformed into ……………………… In the poet’s dream ……………………….. is transformed into glowing stars. ……………………….. is transformed into flowing streams.

10. Answers Singing birds Love Peace