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'''''Balaka''''' (Bengali: বলাকা: English: "A Flight of Swans")<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-07-26|title=Rabindranath Tagore|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rabindranath-tagore|access-date=2020-07-26|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}}</ref> is a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] poetry book written by [[Rabindranath Tagore]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGenvwEACAAJ|title=Balaka|first=Rabindranath|last=Tagore|date=April 27, 2018|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|isbn=9781717449252 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=":0">History of Bengali Literature, Dr. Dulal Chakraborty, July - 2007, Bani Bitan. (Bengali)</ref> It was published in 1916.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> It is the first significant work of the "Balaka Stage" of Rabindranath's poetry.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Dedication ==<br />
Tagore dedicated the book to W. Pearson. He was his friend.<ref>{{Cite web|title=বলাকা - উৎসর্গ {{!}} রবীন্দ্র রচনাবলী|url=http://rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/node/12093|access-date=2020-07-26|website=rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org}}</ref><br />
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== Theme ==<br />
Rabindranath was a worshipper of speed. The melody of consciousness of the poet-mind is evident in the book. The dynamics of creation, the mystery of eternal velocity in the universe is observed in it.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Balaka - Banglapedia|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Balaka|access-date=2020-07-26|website=en.banglapedia.org}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org/ rabindra-rachanabali.nltr.org]<br />
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