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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.
I cannot remember 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.
I cannot remember my mother
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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I Cannot Remember My MotherI Cannot Remember My Mother
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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I Cannot Remember My MotherI Cannot Remember My Mother
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.
Wh h l k t hi l thi h t b bl t h t P h hi th ft thWh h l k t hi l thi h t b bl t h t P h hi th ft thWh h l k t hi l thi h t b bl t h t P h hi th ft thWh h l k t hi l thi h t b bl t h t P h hi th ft thWh h l k t hi l thi h t b bl t h t P h hi th ft thWh h l k t hi l thi h t b bl t h t P h hi th ft thWh h l k t hi l thi h t b bl t h t P h hi th ft th
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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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THANKSTHANKS