The Postmaster

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Themes

All Themes Gender, Class, and Inequality Melancholy and the Sublime Natural World Urban and Rural Life

Characters

All Characters The Postmaster Ratan

Symbols

All Symbols Water Poetry

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Metaphors Mood Personification Setting Similes Style Tone

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The Postmaster

by Rabindranath Tagore

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis

All Themes
Gender, Class, and Inequality
Melancholy and the Sublime Natural World
Urban and Rural Life

All Characters
The Postmaster
Ratan

All Symbols
Water
Poetry

All Literary Devices
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Metaphors
Mood
Personification
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone

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