Sarojini Naidu
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Sarojini Naidu was educated in her early years under her father’s own care. He wanted her to become a great mathematician or scientist but she loved to dream and write poems. She was hardly eleven when she wrote her first poem. At thirteen she wrote a long poem in the manner of famous English poets.
After her matriculation in India, she went to England for higher education. In London, she met Sir Edmund Gosse — a distinguished man of letters. He was impressed by her knowledge and intelligence. He was surprised to see that she had written poems in flawless English but felt disappointed to find that they had nothing of the east in them. They were all about English sights. From this day onwards, she devoted herself in writing verses about India.
Questions :
(a) Under whose care did Sarojini Naidu receive her education?
(b) What did Sarojini’s father want to make her?
(c) At what age did Sarojini Naidu write the poem?
(d) At what age Sarojini Naidu write a long poem?
(e) What did Edmund Gosse find in her poems?
(f) What did she ultimately decide to write?
Answers :
(a) Sarojini Naidu received her education under the care of her father.
(b) He wanted her to become a great mathematician or scientist.
(c) Sarojini Naidu wrote the poem at the age of eleven.
(d) She wrote a long poem at the age of thirteen.
(e) Edmund Gosse found that there was nothing of the east in her poems.
(f) She ultimately devoted herself in writing verses about India.
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