COROMANDEL FISHERS - POEM

 -By Sarojini Naidu

SUMMARY 

·         “Coromandel Fishers” is a poem written by Sarojini Naidu, a famous Indian English poetess and freedom fighter. She was fondly called as “Nightingale of India”.  

·         This poem is about the fishermen in the coromandel region. But, metaphorically it reflects the poet’s desire for free India. Thus, through this poem she encourages the people of the nation to hasten their struggle for freedom.  

·         Coromandel fishers refer to the fishermen on the Coromandel Coast of South India. ‘Rise brothers, rise’ - means the fishermen called their – men to get ready to go to the sea.  

·         The leader awakens the other fishermen that the sun had already risen. The wind is not blowing, means it sleeps in the arms of the dawn like a child. So it is correct  time to start their Journey.  

·         They should gather their nets and set the boats free. They are sons of the sea, so they have the right to capture the leaping wealth which means fishes.  

·         The fishermen called themselves as the kings of the sea. The narrator hurried his colleagues because they should follow the Sea gull’s call.  

·         The Sea gull is an animal that knows where the fishes are. The sea, the cloud and the waves all are close to fishermen like mother, brother and friends.  

·         The sea god is the controller of the sea. He will protect them.  

·         The fishermen also love the land - the shade of the coconut grove, the sweet smell of the mango grove and sounds in the nature. But the waves and the foam of the sea is more appealing to them.  

·         The sun is setting and it is the time to go back to land. So brothers, row the boat to the edge of the sea.  

In this poem, the poetess describes the lives of the fishermen. The leader of the fishermen is giving a call to his comrades to start their work early in the morning.

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