Poet - Toru Dutt (from French to English)
Theme - The poem describes a dedicated farmer who is striving hard tirelessly with huge expectations of having a good harvest. The farmer shows true perseption in his assessment of scattering the precious grains in the farm. He has seen many bad harvests in his life, still he is hopeful and optimistic about his success. He is looking forward to see good harvest in coming days.
• Poetic style, language, poetic devices used in the poem - The post has used various figure of speeches in the poem,
1. Personification
2. Alliteration
3. Inversion
• Special features - This is an allegorical poem, in which the sower - character respreseming the qualities like dedication, perseverance.
Message/values/morals in the poem - We must look forward with optimism, one should have a powerful enough mind, positive attitude, strong determination and spirit.
• Your opinion about the poem - It is very realistic poem, even I come from a farmers family I can feel the pain of bad harvests. Be optimistic is what we learn from this very good poem.
