Fusion of Hindu - Sufi Culture in the Love Poems of Sarojini Naidu
Keywords:
Sarojini Naidu, Poetry, Divine love, Hindu Mythology, SufismAbstract
Sarojini Naidu was a gifted artist whose poetry is appreciated for its bird-like quality. The themes and background of her poetry were purely Indian and she sang in full-throated ease of the festivals, occupations, and life of her people as a true daughter of her motherland. Lyricism, symbolism, imagery, mysticism, and native fervour, were the remarkable qualities of her poetry. Naidu’s themes were indigenous as advised by Edmund Gosse and capture the spirit of India. There are greater poets than Sarojini Naidu but none are more original because she saw things with a fresh approach. Naidu wrote poetry on a variety of themes. Divine Love was one of the prominent themes in Naidu’s poetry. Naidu wrote beautiful Love poems depicting an urge to unite with the Divine. Her poems are written on Hindu Mythology as well as Sufism. This paper reflects the influence of Hindu and Persian cultures on the poetic sensibility of Sarojini Naidu as portrayed in her Love poems.
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