Poetry of India 63/100: Sarojini Naidu’s ‘The Bangle Sellers’ and the Stages of Life
Part 63 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through Indian poetry. Sarojini Naidu’s “The Bangle Sellers” uses the colourful objects of a marketplace to explore women’s lives and the transitions associated with youth, marriage and maturity. Its musical language and vivid colours create a graceful surface, while the poem also invites readers to examine how women’s identities are represented thro…
