In the poem, the speaker
describes a beautiful dream she had, a dream in which truth and love and peace reigned in the
world. She says that she bent down low to drink from the stream of peace in this magical forest
that only exists in her dreams. I am struck by what is unsaid in this poem: this place that
exists in sleep is magical and peaceful and full of truth and love, but the
speaker says nothing of what her waking life is like. The fact that she is so desperate for and
grateful for the peace that exists in the magical dream forest makes me think that it must be
because she cannot find peace and love of this kind in her waking life. Perhaps the poem's
meaning, then, addresses the beauty that could be if peace and love and truth were permitted to
reign in life and how, for now at least, we can only encounter them fully while we
sleep.
Sunday, 26 October 2008
How can I explain the meaning of "Song of a Dream" by Sarojini Naidu?
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