TOPIC:TAJ MAHAL

BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE
GLIBA SUSAN JACOB
B.Ed, ENGLISH, NO. 8
MANGALAM COLLEGE OF
EDUCATION
 RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1861-1941)

BENGALI WRITER
AUTHOR OF GITANJALI AND NATIONAL ANTHEM
NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE IN 1913
THE MAIN THEME OF TAGORES POETRY IS THE
ESSENTIAL UNITY OF ALL CREATION.
 TAJ MAHAL
YOU KNEW, EMPEROR OF INDIA, SHAH JAHAN,
THAT LIFE, YOUTH, WEALTH,RENOWN
ALL FLOAT AWAY DOWN THE STREAM OF TIME.
YOUR ONLY DREAM
WAS TO PRESERVE FOREVER YOURHEARTS PAIN.
THE HARSH THUNDER OF IMPERIAL POWER
WOULD FADE INTO SLEEP
LIKE A SUNSETS CRIMSON SPLENDOUR,
BUT IT WAS YOUR HOPE
THAT AT LEAST A SINGLE,ETERNALLY-HEAVED SIGH WOULD
STAY
TO GRIEVE THE SKY
THOUGH EMERALDS,RUBIES,PEARLS ARE ALL BUT AS THE
GILTTER OF A RAINBOW TRICKING OUT EMPTY AIR AND MUST
PASS AWAY,
YET STILL ONE SOLITARY TEAR
WOULD HANG ON THE CHEEK OF TIME
IN THE FORM
OF THIS WHITE AND GLEAMING TAJ MAHAL.
 ABOUT THE POEM
TAJ MAHAL IS A WORK OF ART THAT EXCELS TIME AND
HISTORY
IN THIS POEM TAGORE SPEAKS OF THE IMMORTAL
CREATION.
TAJ MAHAL IS SURROUNDED BY A TIMELESS AURA OF
MAGIC.
 THE MONUMENT WAS BUILT BY THE MUSLIM EMPEROR
SHAH JAHAN, OF THE MUGHAL DYNASTY, IN MEMORY
OF HIS FAVOURITE WIFE, MUMTAZ MAHAL

DISCONSOLATE AT HER DEATH, THE SHAH JAHAN

ORDERED CONSTRUCTION OF THE TAJ MAHAL AS A
POSTHUMOUS GIFT AND MONUMENT TO HIS LOVE .

TAGORE DESCRIBED IT AS A TEARDROP ON THE CHEEK

OF ETERNITY;
TAJ MAHAL IS NOT A PIECE OF
ARCHITECTURE, AS OTHER BUILDINGS ARE,
BUT THE PROUD PASSIONS OF AN EMPERORS
LOVE WROUGHT IN LIVING STONES BY SIR
THE ENGLISH POET SIR EDWIN ARNOLD.

IT IS A CELEBRATION OF WOMAN BUILT

IN MARBLE AND THATS THE WAY TO
APPRECIATE IT.
 THE DOME IS MADE OF WHITE MARBLE, BUT THE TOMB IS SET
AGAINST THE PLAIN ACROSS THE RIVER AND ITS MAGIC OF
COLOURS THAT, THROUGH THEIR REFLECTION, CHANGE THE VIEW
OF THE TAJ. THE COLOURS CHANGE AT DIFFERENT HOURS OF THE
DAY AND DURING DIFFERENT SEASONS.

LIKE A JEWEL, THE TAJ SPARKLES IN MOONLIGHT.

THE TAJ IS PINKISH IN THE MORNING.
MILKY WHITE IN THE EVENING.
GOLDEN WHEN THE MOON SHINES.
THESE CHANGES DEPICT THE DIFFERENT MOODS OF WOMAN.
 DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIIFERENT VIEWS
OF ABOUT THE TAJ MAHAL. BUT IT WOULD
BE ENOUGH TO SAY THAT THE TAJ MAHAL HAS
A LIFE OF ITS OWN THAT LEAPS OUT OF
MARBLE, PROVIDED YOU UNDERSTAND THAT
IT IS A MONUMENT OF LOVE.
 GLOSSARY
RENOWN: FAME, REPUTATION
IMPERIAL: RELATING TO AN EMPIRE.
HEAVE: LIFT OR HAUL(SOMETHING HEAVY)
WITH GREAT EFFORT.
SOLITARY: EXISTING ALONE
GLEAM: SHINE BRIGHTLY
 FIGURES OF SPEECH
SIMILE : SIMILE IS A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO UNLIKE THINGS USING
THE WORDS LIKE OR AS.

..HARSH THUNDER OF IMPERIAL POWER WOULD FADE INTO SLEEP

LIKE A SUNSETS CRIMSON SPLENDOUR,
.THOUGH EMERALDS, RUBIES, PEARLS ARE ALL
BUT AS THE GLITTER OF A RAINBOW TRICKING OUT EMPTY AIR
AND MUST PASS AWAY.

METAPHOR : METAPHOR COMPARES TWO UNLIKE THING OR IDEAS.

STREAM OF TIME.