Prabhat Sangeet

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Prabhat Sangeet
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Prabhat Sangeet 1st edition (1883) title page
Author Rabindranath Tagore
Original titleপ্রভাত সঙ্গীত
LanguageBengali
GenrePoetry
Published1883
Publication place British India

Prabhat Sangeet is a collection of Bengali poetry by poet Rabindranath Tagore. [1] The book was first published in 1883 [2] and was followed by Tagore's earlier work Sandhya Sangeet (1882 [3] ). [4] This works also marks the end of the second stage of Tagore's poetic career. [5]

Theme

In this book the poet celebrated the nature and joyousness of the world. [4] He also revisited his childhood. Tagore explained: "At last one day, I do not know how, the bolted door was broken open and I got back what I had lost. I did not merely get it back but through the barrier of separation, got a fuller idea of it. That is why I got much more when in the Prabhat Sangeet, I got back the world of my childhood. Thus easy access to nature followed by separation and reunion marked the end of an episode in the first chapter of my life." [5]

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