Exactly how steamy is this poem?
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Even though Tagore's "Song VII" is depicted as a woman who is stripping, the poem isn't racy at all. Sure, the metaphor of a woman taking off her "adornments" and "dress" and "decoration" may raise a few pulses, but we don't get so much as a glimpse of any body parts in "Song VII." That's totally not the point here. Tagore's poem is a poem about poetry and God, not naked ladies and sexy fun-times.