Sarojini Naidu’s Mystical Poems:Journey From Reverie to Ecstasy & Passion to Devotion

Sarojini Naidu was a gifted artist, whose poetry is appreciated for its bird like quality and sophisticated style. The three volumes of her poems, The Golden Threshold (1905), The Bird of Time (1912) and The Broken Wing (1917), occupy a place of eminence in the history of Indo-Anglian poetry. Lyricism, symbolism, imagery, mysticism and native fervour, are the remarkable qualities of her poetry. She admired the beauty around her whether it was related to the world of nature or varied colours of Indian cultural heritage. Naidu’s themes are indigenous as advised by Edmund Gosse and capture the spirit of India. Her major themes were nature, love, life and death, folk life, patriotism and mysticism. Present paper focuses on the mystical poems of Sarojini Naidu with flashes of comparison with the Mysticism of Sri. Aurobindo. The treatment by both the poets are different but reflect their Indian sensibility. Naidu’s poetry on mysticism not only reflects her faith in the language of the Hindu mystic poets and Sufi mystic poets but also conveys the romantic aspect.