| To India - My Native Land | |
|---|---|
| by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio | |
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| First published in | The Fakeer of Jungheera |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | British rule |
| Form | Petrarchan sonnet |
| Meter | Iambic pentameter |
| Rhyme scheme | ABABABCC DEDEFF |
| Publication date | 1828 |
| Lines | 14 |
To India - My Native Land is a poem by Indian poet Henry Louis Vivian Derozio, first published in 1828 as part of his book The Fakeer of Jungheera: A Metrical Tale and Other Poems. In that book, the poem is untitled; Francis Bradley-Birt added the title when publishing a collection of Derozio's poems in 1923.[1] It is one of the most notable works by Derozio.
The poem has been identified by historians as containing some of the first written examples of Indian nationalism, with the poem extolling "patriotism and a love of freedom".[2]
- ^ Agarwal, Smita (2014). "Henry Derozio and the Romance of Rebellion (1809-1831)". Marginalized: Indian poetry in English. DQR studies in literature. Amsterdam New York: Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-3784-7.
- ^ M. K. Naik (1984). Perspectives on Indian Poetry in English. Abhinav Publications. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-391-03286-6. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
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