INDIAN WEAVERS

 

The poem describes the different stages of Human life, i.e. Birth, Marriage and Death. In another way it tells about the life-cycle of a human being from Childhood to Youth, and to Old age and death The poetess asks three questions to Weavers and their answers are relates to the realities of human life.

The poetess says that Weavers have started their work in early morning and they are making bright garments in blue colour as the wings of the Kingfisher. When the poetess ask them what are they making? Weavers tell that they weaving the garment of a new born Child. It relates to the childhood of a person. The childhood is more attractive like blue colour without any cares or worries of life but only happiness.

In the evening time, when most of the marriages happen in India, the Weavers are weaving attractive garments in purple and green colour like the plumes of a peacock. When the poetess asks the same question again, they tell that it's a marriage veil of a Queen. This stage represents the adulthood of  human being. This is the golden time of a life, energetic, enjoyable and attractive and the beginning of family life. The life is colorful but full of ups and downs - happiness and sorrows. So that's why here used the expression 'The plumes of a peacock, purple and green' - purple representing sorrows and green representing happiness of life. 

In the night the Weaver's attitudes have changed, they become serious and calm weaving under the moonlight chill. The garment is white colour like the whiteness of feather and cloud. They are weaving the clothes' of a Dead man's funeral shroud. It clearly indicates the old age and death of a person. The white colour feather and cloud are carrying to the statement that the end of life, feather had come out from the wing now it has no use and the cloud is moving, after few minutes we can't see the cloud in the actual place. Poetess uses the symbols of clothes and colour to bring out the realities of human life.