Thursday, January 1, 2004

The Indian Gipsy Comments

Rating: 3.6

In tattered robes that hoard a glittering trace
Of bygone colours, broidered to the knee,
Behold her, daughter of a wandering race,
Tameless, with the bold falcon's agile grace,
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Sarojini Naidu
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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 July 2023

THREE: Fifteen brliiant lines so well presented. The great Poetess wrote crystal clear composition, wherefore my greatest compliments for THE INDIAN GIPSY

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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 July 2023

TWO: My heartiest CONGRATULATIONS to the family of the late great Poetess.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 24 July 2023

ONE: THis amazing poem by the great Poetess deserves TOP Marks,5 tars,10 Points and myriads more. Thank YOU for sharing!

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Bijay Kant Dubey 11 August 2022

There is a special charm of marking the gypsies, be they of Lawrence or of Arnold and in thsi modern age of gypsy living and nmenclature, what more to say it? But what is more important to say is this that they have not changed over the years, may may have, but they have not.

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 12 September 2017

Like a black panther from the caves of sleep. ......... ......... Time's river winds in foaming centuries Its changing, swift, irrevocable course To far off and incalculable seas; Beautiful lines of great poetry. 10+++

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Susan Williams 24 April 2016

This poem is luxuriating in beautiful poetic lines - - - - - - - - - ] Time's river winds in foaming centuries Its changing, swift, irrevocable course - - - - - - - - - - ]She folds her tawny heifers and her sheep On lonely meadows when the daylight ends, - - - - - - - - - - -]In tattered robes that hoard a glittering trace Of bygone colours, broidered to the knee, Lovely lines aren't they?

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Rajnish Manga 24 April 2016

The rustic beauty and the 'lithe tiger's sinuous majesty' embodied in the gypsy girl is just amazing. The use of metaphor in the last stanza adds to the charm of the poetic expression.

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 24 April 2016

What a poem! ! Any one would appreciate. Perhaps that is why you were called the Nightingale of India. Thank you dear poetess.

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Kim Barney 24 April 2016

Fascinating poem, full of mystery. Very thought-provoking. I like it.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 24 April 2016

Fascinating style and marvelous narration of a woman belonging to an Indian nomadic tribe names gypsy and her life of the great poetess are enchanting and captivating. Thanks for sharing it here.

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Edward Kofi Louis 24 April 2016

She folds her tawny heifers and her sheep. Thanks for sharing this nice poem with us.

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Harish K. Thakur 27 November 2011

Very well written poem about the gypsy girl, a nomad community n its lifestyle...

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