Why does the poet refer the bangles as ‘rainbow-tinted circles of light’ in the poem ‘The Bangle Sellers’ by Sarojini Naidu?
By referring to the bangles as ‘rainbow-tinted circles of light’, the poet indicates to the various colours of bangles that are shiny and resembling a circle of light. This is a good metaphor used to highlight the happiness and prosperity attached with the bangles.
The poet Sarojini Naidu refers to bangles as ‘rainbow-tinted circles of light’ in the open The Bangle Sellers. She uses ‘rainbow-tinted’ to highlight the variety in colour of the bangles. ‘circles of light’ is used to throw light upon the material of bangle–glass, which reflects light through it.
The bangles are referred as rainbow tinted because the bangles are of different colours to indicate different phases of a woman’s life.
The poet Sarojini Naidu refers to bangles as ‘rainbow-tinted circles of light’ in the poem The Bangle Sellers because rainbow has many different colours and like rainbow bangles also have different bright colours.