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RabindranathRabindranath TagoreTagore

GitanjaliGitanjali


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GURUDEV RABINDRANATH TAGOREGURUDEV RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Gurudev,[] was an Indian Bengali

polymath, Born in 1861 to an influential

Bengali family.

A poets poet, he is a maker of not onlymodern Indian Literature but also the modern

Indian mind. He was a popular poet, novelist,

musician, and playwright who reshaped

Bengali literature and music in the late 19thand early 20th centuries. and composer of

songs.


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Tagore also had an

artist's eye for his own

handwriting .His paintings

were mostly done byembellishing the

scribbles, cross-outs and

his manuscripts had

word layout with simpleartistic form, including

simple rhythmic designs.

TRAGOREs POETRY:PAINTINGSTRAGOREs POETRY:PAINTINGS


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COMPOSER OF TWO NATIONALCOMPOSER OF TWO NATIONAL

ANTHEMSANTHEMS

Tagore was perhaps the only litterateur who

penned anthems of two countries:

India and Bangladesh:Jana Gana Mana andAmar Shonar Bangla.

The Indian national anthem has been

recognizedas the best in the world


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He was Poet first of all . His poems are

inseparable part of every Bengali family.

His popular collections include Shonar Tori,Gitali etc. and above all Gitanjali.

It is said that there isnt any emotions

Rabindranath Tagore has not captured in his

Poems


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As the author ofGitanjaliand its

"profoundly sensitive,

fresh and beautiful verse", andas the first Asian

to win the Nobel Prize in

Literature,

Tagore was perhaps the mostwidely

regarded Indian literary figure of

all time.

In 1915 he was knighted by the

British King George V.


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W.B. Yeats wrote the

introduction to Gitanjali

which was internationally

recognized as a greatliterary work

W.B. Yeats wrote: his

poems have stirred myblood as nothing for

years.W.B.Yeats

INTRODUCTION TO GITANJALI: W.B.YEATES


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RABINDRANATH:GITANJALIRABINDRANATH:GITANJALI

(Gitanjali) is a collection of 103 English poems,

largely translations, by the Bengali poet

Rabindranath Tagore This volume became very

famous in the West, and was widely translated.The word Gitanjali is a composed from "git",

song, and "anjali", offering, and thus means -

"An offering of songs"; but the word for offering,

anjoli, has a strong devotional connotation, sothe title may also be interpreted as "prayer

offering of song".


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GITANJALI, OR 'SONG OFFERINGSGITANJALI, OR 'SONG OFFERINGS''

It is a collection of prose written with the

Creator in mind, reflecting Tagore's wish

to be united with the Creator. In his

poetry one cannot miss his show of

devotion and his pure love for the

Creator, using various metaphorical

subjects like flowers, rivers etc. Onecannot but admire the beauty and art in it.


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GITANJALIGITANJALI-- A POET'S PRAYERA POET'S PRAYER

There is a distinct spiritual flavor to

the verses of Gitanjali. The verses depict

a poetic world which can only be dreamt of

by most of us. There is an other-worldly feel to it. These

words can only be uttered by a person who

has transcended the physical world to

explore what lies beyond it. Gitanjali labeledas religious poetry by critics.


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GITANJALI:STYLEGITANJALI:STYLE

All the poems are of short length probablyaround a page at the most, and in some cases

around 2 pages. However the meaning they

convey is simply tremendous. The author

himself translated the original Bengali poemsinto English, giving it an authentic feel.

Be it song or rain, nature or god, each poems

display the simplicity of thoughts. However as

said, its the content which forms the magic of

the whole collection when read together.


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OPENING OF GITANJALIOPENING OF GITANJALI The very opening line of Gitanjali reflects the inner

armory that the poet has experienced. The words arean outburst endeavoring to articulate the intense

pleasure that the poetic experience has conferred upon

him:

"Thou hast made me endless such is thy pleasure"

'Thy' here becomes poetic inspiration itself and 'thou',

the one who inspires. Anyone is bound to be ecstatic if

his prayers are answered. We see the poet here startingat the peak of inspiration. In the life of every genuine

poet such a moment does occur when he experiences

endlessness.


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GITANJALI:GITANJALI: BHAKTI TRADITIONBHAKTI TRADITION

Gitanjali is reminiscent of a

great Indian tradition called the

Bhakti tradition.

The Bhakti poets believed in

surrender to the Godhead and in

praising the name of the Lord inorder to attain Mukthi or

salvation.


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GITANJALI:GITANJALI: BHAKTI TRADITION

The title Gitanjali or Song Offerings is initself reminiscent of the Bhakti tradition.Bhakti poets believed in worshipping Godthrough music and dance

The sonority, the theme of surrender, love forthe Lord, praise for the Lord, anguish inseparation from the Lord and the finalrealization of God within oneself, are allfeatures of Bhakti poetry.


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GITANJALI:TRANSLATIONGITANJALI:TRANSLATION

Poetry is, of course, notoriously difficult to

translate, and anyone who knows Tagore's

poems in their original Bengali cannot feel

satisfied with any of the translations (madewith or without Yeast's help). Even the

translations of his prose works suffer, to

some extent, from distortion.


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GITANGALI POEMS : WALL PAPER


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GITANJALI:RELIGIONGITANJALI:RELIGION

A book, where poetry and religion are the

same thing.

The idea of a direct, joyful, and totally

fearless relationship with God can be found

in many of Tagore's religious writings,

including the poems ofGitanjali.


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GITANJALI:THEMESGITANJALI:THEMES

This collection of poems ranges a wide

topic of themes, from mortality to nature to

the depiction of celestial love, but the main

theme that carries throughout is spiritualenlightenment. The speaker is seeking

throughout the pathway to union with the

spiritual or celestial being, and finds the

path through his examination of earthlylove and a union with nature.


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REASONING IN FREEDOM

For Tagore it was of the highest importance

that people be able to live, and reason, in

freedom. His attitudes toward politics and

culture, nationalism and internationalism,

tradition and modernity, can all be seen in

the light of this belief. Nothing, perhaps,

expresses his values as clearly as the poems

in Gitanjali.


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TAGORE'STAGORE'S MYSTICALMYSTICAL QUESTQUEST

"The inner-seeking spirituality of India infused all ofTagore's writing. He wrote in many genres of the

deep religious milieu of Hinduism. The values and

core beliefs of the Hindu scriptures permeated his

work." Says the Swami: "Rabindranath Tagore'sphilosophical and spiritual thoughts transcend all

limits of language, culture, and nationality. In his

writings, the poet and mystic takes us on a spiritual

quest and gives us a glimpse of the infinite in the

midst of the finite, unity at the heart of all diversity,and the Divine in all beings and things of the

universe."


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TAGORE'S SPIRITUAL BELIEFSTAGORE'S SPIRITUAL BELIEFS

Tagore believed that "True knowledge is that

which perceives the unity of all things in

God." Tagore through his vast body of immortal literary works taught us that the

universe is a manifestation of God, and that

there is no unbridgeable gulf between our

world and God's, and that God is the onewho can provide the greatest love and joy.


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GITANJALI:BUDDHISMGITANJALI:BUDDHISM

Influenced by Buddhism, the religion of the

Bauls, Tagore derives several of his images

from Baul folk songs. God, for the Bauls, wasLove in its supreme form. The Bauls

considered the transient human body as a

temple of God.


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GITANJALI:IMAGESGITANJALI:IMAGES

Flowers and rivers, the blowing of conch

shells, the heavy rain of the Indian July, or

the moods of that heart in union or inseparation; and a man sitting in a boat upon

a river playing lute, like one of those figures

full of mysterious meaning is God Himself.


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GITANJALI:MUSICGITANJALI:MUSIC

Tagore writes music for his words, and one

understands at every moment that he is so

abundant, so spontaneous, so daring in hispassion, so full of surprise, because he is

doing something which has never seemed

strange, unnatural, or in need of defense.


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GITANJALI:RENOWN POEMSGITANJALI:RENOWN POEMS

Mind Without Fear

Little Flute

Moment's Indulgence

Flower

Leave This

When Day Is Done

Give Me Strength I Cannot Remember My Mother :


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I Cannot Remember My MotherI Cannot Remember My Mother

I cannot remember my mother

but when in the early autumn morningThe smell of shiuli flowers floats in the air

The scent of the morning service in the temple

Comes to me as the scent of my mother.


Only sometimes in the midst of my play

A tune seems to hover over my playthings,

The tune of some song that she used to

hum while rocking my cradle.


Only when from my bedroom window I send

My eyes into the blue of the distant sky,

I feel that the stillness of my mothers gaze on my face

has spread all over the sky.


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INTRODUCTIONOFPOEMINTRODUCTIONOFPOEM

The parents of Rabindranath were very

wealthy and had an active social life.

Rabindranath had many brothers and sistersto take care of him. His mother passed away

when he was still young.


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In this poem, Rabindranath, expresses his

inability to actually recall the face or the

features of his mother. But often a smell or atune triggered off in him happy moments that

he shared with his mother.


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So this poem I cannot remember my

mother is about a child who does not

remember his dead mother. But the childperhaps carries some associations of the

mothers image in his mind.


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IMAGERYIMAGERY

Poets express their feelings and ideas

through five senses.

Imagery is the device that they employ tocreate an image in the mind of the reader.

This gives sensory impression and vividness

to the poem.


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THE TEMPLE

The scent of themorning service in the

temple

Comes to me as the

scent of my mother.

His mother would string the

flowers for the morningservice at the temple and

this remind him his mother.

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VISUAL IMAGESVISUAL IMAGES

Hum while rocking my

cradle

Perhaps his mother oftensang the same song as she

rocked him to sleep in the

cradle. He recalls this tune

as he touches his old toys.

Whenhe looks at his playthings he seems to be able to hear a tune. Perhaps his mother often sang the same songWhenhe looks at his playthings he seems to be able to hear a tune. Perhaps his mother often sang the same songWhenhe looks at his playthings he seems to be able to hear a tune. Perhaps his mother often sang the same songWhenhe looks at his playthings he seems to be able to hear a tune. Perhaps his mother often sang the same songWhenhe looks at his playthings he seems to be able to hear a tune. Perhaps his mother often sang the same songWhenhe looks at his playthings he seems to be able to hear a tune. Perhaps his mother often sang the same songWhenhe looks at his playthings he seems to be able to hear a tune. Perhaps his mother often sang the same song


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AURAL IMAGESAURAL IMAGES

The tune of some

song that she

used to hum

When he looks at

his playthings heseems to be able to

hear a tune


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IMAGES RELATED TO SMELLIMAGES RELATED TO SMELL

The smell of shiuli

flowers asI cannot remember

my mother

So the powerful

fragrance of the Shiuli

flowers would trigger offhappy memories of his

mother.


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DISTANT SKY

My eyes into the blue ofthe distant sky,

I feel that the stillness

of my mothers gaze

on my face

He can recall the quiet

serene gaze of his mother

when he looks at the vastexpanse of the clear blue

sky.


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STYLE OF THE POEMSTYLE OF THE POEM

These simple lines of the poem eloquentlyreveal the deep seated emotional bonding

that the poet had with his mother.


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