The Bangle Sellers Flashcards
Who is the author of the poem “Bangle Sellers”? What are some of her other names?
Sarojini Naidu
She is also known as the Nightingale of India
How are bangles described in the poem?
Bangles are described as “delicate”, “bright”, “rainbow-tinted” circles of light
Where are the bangle sellers selling their bangles?
In temple fairs
What are the bangles made as and who are the bangles made for?
The bangles are made as “lustrous tokens of radiant lives”, for “happy daughters and happy wives”
What do silver and blue bangles symbolize?
Silver and blue symbolize the youth and innocence of the first stages of a woman’s life.
What do the pink bangles symbolize?
Pink bangles symbolize the youthful stage of a woman’s life where she is “dreaming” about marriage.
What do green bangles symbolise?
Green bangles symbolise youth
What do the bangles which are “aglow with the bloom that cleaves to the limpid glory of new -born leaves” symbolize?
They symbolize the stage where the girl is glowing because she is thinking about the life she will live.
What do bangles that look like fire symbolize?
They symbolize the heart and passion of the woman in the stage where she has just been married
What do bangles that look like fields of sunlit corn symbolize?
They symbolize the stage of the woman’s life where she is getting married. They symbolize happiness and new beginnings.
Why would the to-be-married woman have bridal laughter and bridal tear?
She would have “bridal laughter” because she is excited for her new life as a wife.
However, she would have “bridal tear” because she would be leaving her parents’ home and she may not meet them again.
What do purple and gold flecked grey bangles symbolize?
They symbolize the stage in a woman’s life where she has “journeyed” “midway”. They symbolise ‘royalty’ and ‘maturity’.
What has the woman with purple and gold flecked grey bangles done?
The woman with purple and gold flecked grey bangles has journeyed through life midway.
Her hands have cherished, her love has blessed, she has cradled fair sons on her faithful breast, she has served the household in fruitful pride and she has worshipped the gods at her husband’s side.
What kind of bangles symbolize youth?
- Bangles that are “silver and blue like the mountain’s mist
- Bangles that are “flushed like the buds that dream on the tranquil brow of a woodland stream”
What kind of bangles symbolize passion and love?
Bangles that are like the “flame” of a woman’s “marriage fire” symbolize passion and love
