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Cart Driver Poem

The document is a summary and analysis of the poem "Cart Driver" by Padma Sachdev. It discusses how a mother bulbul senses danger from a passing cart in the forest near its nest of fledglings. Though it wants to warn its chicks, it is paralyzed by fear of the cart and what could happen if the cart or driver's hookah were to cause a fire. The summary analyzes the bulbul's increasing worry and anxiety throughout the poem as the cart passes by.

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Cart Driver Poem

The document is a summary and analysis of the poem "Cart Driver" by Padma Sachdev. It discusses how a mother bulbul senses danger from a passing cart in the forest near its nest of fledglings. Though it wants to warn its chicks, it is paralyzed by fear of the cart and what could happen if the cart or driver's hookah were to cause a fire. The summary analyzes the bulbul's increasing worry and anxiety throughout the poem as the cart passes by.

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  • Paraphrase: Breaks down the poem line by line to clarify the detailed meaning and context behind each segment.
  • Cart Driver - Central Idea: Provides the central theme of the poem 'Cart Driver' by Padma Sachdev, describing the emotional atmosphere it conveys.

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Cart Driver 



Central Idea:
The poem “Cart Driver” written by Padma Sachdev is about the love a
mother has for her children. It is an ceria atmosphere that creates fear and
dread. In the poem the bulbul senses the danger of the fire in its dwelling
(forest). In order to save its fledglings, it wants to rush to them but out of fear, it
finds itself unable to move/fly.
Paraphrase:
Line (1 – 7): The poet says that in a fearful silence of the forest, he hears
the sound of the footfalls of a careful bulbul. The bulbul was out in the night,
moving /shaking its feathers on its head. The bulbul is out in the fearful night to
find food for its young one’s who are hungry in the nest.
Line (8 – 18): the poet says that the bulbul is moving slowly out of fear. It
has raised its ears due to the sound which it has heard coning from somewhere.
The bulbul carrying the grain in its beak hastens/ rushes to its nest. Its fledg
lings are making a series of short high sounds in the nest, without knowing that
their dwelling (forest) is in danger. They continue with their chirping. But the
bulbul continues to tremble out of fear. The bulbul moves with its head raised
and put itself on full alert.
Line (19 – 28): Suddenly there is a sound of wheels in the forest. There is a
sound of dry leaves crackling. It is a sound which increases and then becomes
less strong. On hearing this sound, the bulbul rushes to the bushes and hides
itself behind them. It has seen a bullock–cart laden with goods, the driver of
which is asleep. He is snoring and his eyes are covered with turban which he has
put on his head. The bullocks are moving by themselves with their heads down.
Line (29 – 36): The bulbul is worried, anxious, filled with fear that if the
cart stumbles and its drivers hookah overturns, then the whole forest (bulbul’s
lovely dwelling) could catch fire. The bulbul imagines that the forest is already
on fire. It wishes and wants to rush towards its nest, where it has kept its chicks
but cannot lift its legs out of fear.

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