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Analysis of Subramania Bharati’s ‘ Vande Mataram ’

Analysis of Subramania Bharati’s ‘ Vande Mataram ’. James Ee Secondary 3H1 2013. Subramania Bharati’s ‘ Vande Mataram ’ (1 – 4). “ Vande Mataram ” we will sing ! These words throughout our land shall ring ! “ Vande Mataram ” we will say! Motherland , hail ! To you we pray .

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Analysis of Subramania Bharati’s ‘ Vande Mataram ’

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  1. Analysis of SubramaniaBharati’s ‘VandeMataram’ James Ee Secondary 3H1 2013

  2. SubramaniaBharati’s‘VandeMataram’ (1 – 4) “VandeMataram” we will sing! These words throughout our land shall ring! “VandeMataram” we will say! Motherland, hail! To you we pray. • Nation as motherland: addresses nation in vocative • Nation as cause for celebration • People reverence nation

  3. SubramaniaBharati’s‘VandeMataram’ (5 – 8) No more talk of caste and creed, No more talk of birth and breed; Who first drew breath into this our land, Brahmin or other caste, with us he will stand. • Dismissal of marginalisation • Bharati also a Brahmin but rejects caste system • Unity

  4. SubramaniaBharati’s‘VandeMataram’ (9 – 12) What if an outcaste? Does he not live With us right here and his labour give? Has he become a Chinese man And will harm us the way an alien can? • Social issue: caste system • Separatist nationalism: distinguishing between locals & ‘outsiders’ • Interrogative mode: forces reader to feel injustice

  5. SubramaniaBharati’s‘VandeMataram’ (13 – 16) A thousand castes we have, oh dear! But outsiders have no place here. However they quarrel, can the sons of one mother Cease to be brothers of one another? • Anti-colonial: Lower castes over British • Metaphor: nation as mother, people as children • Interrogative mode

  6. SubramaniaBharati’s‘VandeMataram’ (17 – 18) Only united, true life we attain; Divided go down, and none of us gain; • Poetic thesis of ‘VandeMataram’ • Unity not division as solution to independence & freedom

  7. SubramaniaBharati’s‘VandeMataram’ (17 – 18) Whatever fruits our efforts will bear All of us equally in them will share; • Equality also necessary for independence • Rejection of caste system & marginalisation

  8. SubramaniaBharati’s‘VandeMataram’ (25 – 28) A pittance we preferred as serfs in a cottage Forsaking our birthrightfor a mess of pottage; This scandal and shame we have got to erase, Spit on it, spurn it, and end the disgrace! • Harsh diction: injustice & frustration • Imperative and choice of words: chastising & challenging audience

  9. Discussion of ‘VandeMataram’ Sense of nation: • Nation = mother (‘VandeMataram’) • Cause for celebration National identity: • People = motherland’s children • Freedom through unity & equality • Rejects caste system • Conscious division between ‘us’ & ‘them’: British as ‘the Other’ • Collective national identity: ‘we’

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