The poet expresses a sense of personal loss in the
downfall of India, his country. He recalls India's glorious past civilisation in which
her fame and spiritual message had spread throughjout the world. She was worshipped like
a goddess; people looked up to her for spiritual leadership. The poet regrets that such
glory and reverence is not to be found in her any more because she is now bound by the
chains of slavery. A country, which was once soaring high like an eagle, is now
grovelling in the infamous dust. This sadplight of the country does not inspire poets to
sing a song in her praise, but it only leads him to tell a sad tale of her
misery.
India lost her'glory', the "eagle" stopped soaring
and was chained- an image indicating subjugation to the British. The subjugation is
hinted at by the expression "grovelling in the lowly dust arat
thou".
There is rich religious imagery India was worshipped
as a deity in the past. There was a beautiful halo around the head of India to indicate
that it was a sacred nation. India was the Mother figure for all its children, but that
was the past.
In the last sixlines the poet strikes an
optimistic note.He talks of his longing to go back into the past so that he can bring
out some exaltedglory from history to inspire the present generation.he wishes to servse
country and for the services all that he wishes for is a kind wish from his
motherland.
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