Explain the literary devices used in the poem "Bangle Sellers" by Sarojini Naidu, with examples.

There are lots of literary devices to choose from in this poem. For example, there is throughout the poem a semantic field of language connoting color, light, and vibrancy. In the first stanza, we have language like "shining loads" and "bright / Rainbow-tinted circles of light." In the third stanza, we have words like "sunlit," "flame," and "luminous." And in the fourth stanza, we have the colors "purple and gold." This semantic field emphasizes not only the color and vibrancy of the bangles but also the color and vibrancy of the busy scene.
In the second stanza, and in fact throughout much of the poem, another language technique used is the simile. The speaker describes some of the bangles as "Silver and blue as the mountain mist" and some as "flushed like the buds that dream." These similes associate the bangles with a natural beauty and wonder, implying that these bangles are more than cheap, disposable trinkets.
In the third stanza, the speaker uses listing to emphasize the positive characteristics of the bangles. She describes them as "Tinkling, luminous, tender, and clear." The listing here has a cumulative effect; the positive connotations of one word are added to and compound the positive connotations of the previous word. The connotation is that these bangles have a beauty which is endless.