This is a small poem written by Sarojini Naidu.
It is about a bride who is leaving her parents, and going to her husbands house,
in a palanquin, and the whole poem is about the palanquin bearers song ( which they sing for entertainment )
This culture is used a lot in the north of India ( Gujarat, Bengal, etc.)
Few times the bride would die on the way.
The rhyme scheme of the poem is constant ( a,a b,b c,c a,a b,b c,c)
The tone of the poem is Enthusiastic, and admiring.
The Mood of the poem is mostly in mixed emotions (shes happy about going to a new house, and sad about leaving her parents)
There are many figures of speech in the poem. A few are : Simile, Imagery, Repetition,Metaphor, and Exaggeration.
In the beginning of the poem the bearers have to bear the pain of the palanquin , as well as the humiliation of carrying a woman.
Towards the ending of the poem, the bearers feel honored to carry the women.
Her emotions are very delicate and sway from time to time.
She is very light and bounces a lot in the palanquin.
And in the ending the bearers also have mixed emotions(spread from the bride).
