The poem
Home they brought her warrior dead: She nor swooned, nor uttered cry: All her maidens, watching, said, 'She must weep or she will die.'
Then they praised him, soft and low, Called him worthy to be loved, Truest friend and noblest foe; Yet she neither spoke nor moved.
Stole a maiden from her place, Lightly to the warrior stepped, Took the face-cloth from the face; Yet she neither moved nor wept.
Rose a nurse of ninety years, Set his child upon her knee- Like summer tempest came her tears- 'Sweet my child, I live for thee.'
In this poem poet has given clear message of ones aspect of living. When I first studied this poem in my seventh standard I could not understood the message of the mind expressed by the poet.Poet has succeded in putting forth the psychology of mind and tears.You fill that your life has no meaning till you are made aware of it.
this poem really moved my soul. we were learning in our eng lesson. we all started crying
The poem projects a stereotypical image of woman as a wife and mother - her existence has meaning only as long as she is a wife or a mother. Apart from that her life is useless.
My thoughts
The poem moves me everytime I read it. It shows the emotions which are required for moving ahead in life despite calamities. The poem celebrates LIFE ....... acknowledging the inevitability of death.
poems
I AM 72.WHEN I READ THIS POEM I WAS 10 YEARS OLD.READ THIS ONLY ONCE THEN.TODAY I CAN RECITE BY HEART WITHOUT AND HELP.IT TOUCHED ME SO WELL.I LOVE READING GOOD POEMS EVEN TODAY.BUT I LOVE WORDSWORTH,TENNYSON,MILTON,SHELLEY AND MATTHEW ARNOLD.