The theme of the poem is a comparison between the world of Human beings that abounds in material pleasures and the world of Nature that is contrary to it. The Mother represents the material world. She recounts some of the features of this human’ material world like jewellery, marriage bridal songs, cradle songs sandal-scented leisure. It implies marriage, births of ** and honeymoon. The Daughter represents the world of Nature. The blossoming of champa, the islands in the river resounding with cuckoo’ cooing, gurgling of streams attract her. She knows that laughter and all the songs will end in sorrows.
