The document summarizes and analyzes the poem "Song of a Dream" by Sarojini Naidu. It describes how in the magical grove of her dreams, the poet feels the spirits of Love gathering around her delicate youth and hears the spirits of Truth singing. She bends low by the streams of the spirits of Peace to quench her longing. Truth, Love and Peace are personified as spirits in her dreamland.

1. Good Morning
dears…..

2. Poem
Song of a Dream
- Sarojini Naidu
Continuation……

3. Stanza 2…..
Lone in the light of that magical grove,
I felt the stars of the spirits of Love
Gather and gleam round my delicate youth,
And I heard the song of the spirits of Truth;
To quench my longing I bent me low
By the streams of the spirits of Peace that flow
In that magical wood in the land of sleep.

4. Glossary References
• Grove – a small forest
• Gleam – a small stream of light
• Delicate – fine structure
• Quench – to satisfy
• Longing – deep desire

5. Paraphrase
• The poet emphasises the fact that all these
happen in the land of sleep – her dreamland.
• The spirits of love gather and gleam round the
poet’s delicate youth.
• She hears the songs of the spirit of truth as it
hums around her.
• The poet quenches her longing by bending
low by the stream of the spirits of peace.

6. • Truth, Love and Peace are personified.
• The spirits of Truth, Love and Peace are
compared to the birds, the stars and streams
respectively.
• She considers Truth, Love and Peace as the key
ingredients of peaceful world.

7. Questions
• Who is the author of the poem ‘Song of a dream’?
• What do the spirits of love do ?
• What is the magical wood referred to here ?

8. Answers
1. Sarojini Naidu
2. The spirits of love gather and gleam round
the poet’s delicate youth.
3. The magical wood is a perfect land of all ideal
values. It stands for her mother land where
Truth, Love and peace co-exist.