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Sarojini Naidu Poetry Analysis

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CH-2 FEMINISM IN SAROJINI NAIDU POEMS 07 Though Naidu was not a feminist, some of her poems reveal her emotions as a woman. For the purpose of this paper, I have decided to read the subterranean voice of female anxiety with reference to two poems written by Sarojini Naidu— ‘Pardah Nashin’,‘Caprice’ and 'Palanquin Bearers' Unlike many deprived women in India, Sarojini Naidu was privileged to have received education; and that too at some of the top institutes of the world. Sarojini Naidu went on to become a successful poet because of her privileged education. However, the fact cannot be ignored that education opens up new ways of imagination and that must have been in the case for her as well. she was born as Sarojini Chattopadhyay in the year 1879, she showed a glimpse of the literary artist …show more content…

The rebellious spirit in her was also prevalent from a tender age when she had fallen in love with Dr. Naidu whom she would ultimately marry denying the boundaries of class and caste that existed during that time. Keeping this biographical information in mind, it will not be wrong to claim that Sarojini Naidu was a woman who did not conform to the narrow ideals of domesticity often associated with women. It is unfortunate, as far as concerned that we do not properly assess Naidu as a feminist poet who, in her own way, foregrounded the manifold issues that deprive women. As mentioned earlier, it would also have to be kept in mind that Sarojini Naidu had received some privileged education. She had come in close contact with some of the most prominent intellectuals of her time such as Arthur Symons, Edmund Gosse, and a few members of the famous Rhymers’ club. Iyengar feels that such associations had ‘helped her to acquire verbal and technical accomplishment” (207). Furthermore, it must be kept in mind that she was

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