Coromandel Fishers

​Title: Coromandel Fishers

  Poetess : Sarojini Naidu

  Rhyme Scheme: The rhyme scheme of the poem is ‘aabb’.

  Favourite Lines:

 Come, let us gather our nets from the shore and set our catamarans free,

 To capture the leaping wealth of the tide, for we are the kings of the sea!

​Theme/Central Idea : The theme of the poem is that when human beings come together for a common purpose, nothing can block their way. There could be risks in any challenging enterprise, but human progress depends on facing them courageously. The fishermen in the poem prove this fact.

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​ Figures of Speech :

 a) Simile – In the line “The wind lies asleep in the arms of the dawn like a child that has cried all night,” the wind is compared to a child using the word ‘like’.

​ b) Metaphor – In the expression ‘Sea is our mother’, sea is compared to a mother.

 c) Personification- The wakening skies pray to the morning light, the poetess has personified the line by using wakening (a human activity) for the sky (a non-living thing).

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​ Special Feature :  It is an instructive poem that is aimed at imparting certain advice or some moral principles. “When we come together for a common purpose and put our faith in God, we can accomplish great things. ” This is the moral principle of this poem.

Why I like the poem : This is an inspiring poem with a strong message written beautifully with some visual treat.

​(a) early morning: Rise, brother, rise; the wakening skies pray to the morning light.

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(b) evening: What though we toss at the fall of the sun where the hand of the sea-god drives?

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​(b) full moon light: And sweet are the sands at the full o’ the moon with the sound of the voices we love.

​Landscape-

​1) Sweet is the shade of the coconut glade, and the scent of the mango grove.

​2) And sweet are the sands at the full o’ the moon with the sound of the voices we love.

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​Seascape-

​1) But sweeter, brothers, the kiss of the spray and the dance of the wild foam’s glee;

​2) Row, brothers, row to the edge of the verge, where the low sky mates with the sea.