''Sonar Tori'' (alternatively spelt ''Sonar Tari'', ) is a collection of

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

poetry by poet

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

. The collection has more than forty poems and was first published in 1894. ''Sonar Tori'' is considered to be one of the most celebrated literary works of Tagore.

Theme

In this poetry collection, the poet shows his thirst and quest for beauty, and detaching himself from the world of humanity.

Publication

At a ''Kuthibari'' (house) at

Shilaidaha Shilaidaha Kuthibari ( bn, শিলাইদহ) is a place in Kumarkhali Upazila of Kushtia District in Bangladesh. The place is famous for Kuthi Bari; a country house made by Dwarkanath Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore lived a part of life here ...

Tagore stayed intermittently between 1891 and 1901. Many poems of this collection were written during his stay at this place. The poems of this collection were written between March 1892 and December 1893. The book was first published in 1894.

References

External links

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''Sonar Tari''
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