Balaka (Bengali poetry)
{{short description|Bengali poetry book written by Rabindranath Tagore}}
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Balaka (Bengali: বলাকা: English: "A Flight of Swans"){{Cite web|date=2020-07-26|title=Rabindranath Tagore|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rabindranath-tagore|access-date=2020-07-26|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}} is a Bengali poetry book written by Rabindranath Tagore.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGenvwEACAAJ|title=Balaka|first=Rabindranath|last=Tagore|date=April 27, 2018|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=9781717449252 |via=Google Books}}History of Bengali Literature, Dr. Dulal Chakraborty, July - 2007, Bani Bitan. (Bengali) It was published in 1916. It is the first significant work of the "Balaka Stage" of Rabindranath's poetry.
Dedication
Tagore dedicated the book to W. Pearson. He was his friend.{{Cite web|title=বলাকা - উৎসর্গ {{!}} রবীন্দ্র রচনাবলী|url=http://rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/node/12093|access-date=2020-07-26|website=rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org}}
Theme
Rabindranath was a worshipper of speed. The melody of consciousness of the poet-mind is evident in the book. The dynamics of creation, the mystery of eternal velocity in the universe is observed in it.{{Cite web|title=Balaka - Banglapedia|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Balaka|access-date=2020-07-26|website=en.banglapedia.org}}
References
External links
- [https://rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/ rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org]
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Category:Bengali poetry collections