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    The poem describes a bird sanctuary with many birds of different colors flying and living happily. Small birds like bulbul and oriole fly around while colorful birds like kingfisher and wandering birds like gull are also present. Pigeons are trying to build homes and parrots eat ripe figs. The poet portrays the sanctuary as a gracious place where all birds live freely and asks God to grant shelter to a homing bird with a broken wing, referring to herself seeking solace.

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    The poem describes a bird sanctuary with many birds of different colors flying and living happily. Small birds like bulbul and oriole fly around while colorful birds like kingfisher and wandering birds like gull are also present. Pigeons are trying to build homes and parrots eat ripe figs. The poet portrays the sanctuary as a gracious place where all birds live freely and asks God to grant shelter to a homing bird with a broken wing, referring to herself seeking solace.

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    The poem describes a bird sanctuary with many birds of different colors flying and living happily. Small birds like bulbul and oriole fly around while colorful birds like kingfisher and wandering birds like gull are also present. Pigeons are trying to build homes and parrots eat ripe figs. The poet portrays the sanctuary as a gracious place where all birds live freely and asks God to grant shelter to a homing bird with a broken wing, referring to herself seeking solace.

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    THE BIRD SANCTUARY BY SAROJINI NAIDU

    In your quiet garden wakes a magic tumult


    Of winged choristers that keep the festival of Dawn,
    Blithely rise the carols in richly cadenced rapture,
    From lyric throats of amber, of ebony and fawn.

    The bulbul and the oriole, the honeybird and Shama


    Flit among high boughs that drip with nectar and with dew,
    Upon the grass the wandering gull parades its sea-washed silver,
    The hoopoe and the kingfisher their bronze and sapphire blue.

    Wild gray pigeons dreaming of a home amid the tree-tops,


    Fill their beaks with silken down and slender banyan twigs,
    But the jade-green gipsy parrots are only gay marauders,
    And pause upon their sun-ward flight to plunder red ripe figs.

    In your gracious garden there is joy and fostering freedom,


    Nesting place and singing space for every feathered thing,
    O Master of the Birds, grant sanctuary and shelter
    Also to a homing bird that bears a broken wing.

    Analysis of the poem: Named as the nightingale of India, Sarojini Naidu , is essentially a poetess of Indian
    flora and fauna. Nature was a spring of perpetual bliss to her. ‘The ‘Bird Sanctuary’ depicts the ideal refuge
    of God that offers ideal fostering space and nurturing place for every bird regardless of its identity. The
    poem is addressed to the Master of the Birds. There is festive joy as the birds sing tumultuously. The
    enchanting aura they craft herald the Festival of Dawn. Birds of multitudinous colors produce music
    entrancing and melodious.
    The birds strive to sing carols from their throats of amber, ebony and fawn and passionately evocate the
    pastoral arena of India. The bulbul, the oriole, the honey bird and the shama are perceived fluttering from
    the high boughs sodden with nectar and due. As the atmosphere is animated with colour and movement, the
    gull exhibits its silver sea-washed coat, and the hoopoe and the kingfisher their sapphire-blue. The wild gay
    pigeons envisage a home, amid the tree tops and endeavour to achieve the same, filling their beaks with
    silken down and banyan twigs. The pervading greenery is reflective of fertility and prosperity in the lives of
    the birds. Their ascent phrased as “sunward flight” signifies their aspiration to accomplish new heights. The
    green parrots pose themselves as marauders who loot the ripe-red figs.
    With personal and autobiographical ramifications, the poetess asserts that God grants sanctuary and shelter
    even to a bird with a broken wing. The poet indubitably refers to herself as a bird with a broken wing. The
    poet persistently battled against ill-heath that plagued her throughout her life. Nevertheless, she seeks solace
    in the fact that THE Almighty will never desert her.
    Summary:
    In the poem “The Bird Sanctuary”, the poet Sarojini Naidu evokes the delightful imagery of different kinds
    of birds living happily in a sanctuary. There are birds of varying colours – from amber and ebony to jade
    green and sapphire blue. Small birds like the bulbul and the oriole fly around happily. There are colourful
    birds like the kingfisher and wandering birds like the gull. The pigeons are trying to build a home while the
    parrots are out to eat ripe figs.
    The poet portrays the bird sanctuary as a gracious and generous place where all kinds of birds live freely and
    joyfully. She ends the poem with a prayer to God asking him to grant shelter to a homing bird with a broken
    wing.
    This beautiful poem is an allegory to a safe place in Nature where all kinds of people can live freely and
    happily. The poet’s prayer to God asking for shelter for a “homing bird with broken wings” is in fact a
    prayer for herself. She longs for a resting place and solace from her pain, and prays to God to provide her
    shelter in his sanctuary.

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