Mira speaks of "the importance of the name of God and praises the
             True Guru in her poetry" (Hawley, 1977). Her poems are not complex in
             nature, and they are very fluid. The emotions explored in her work are those
             related to women; typically Mira explores the same type of issues,
             especially those related to a "young brides, marriage and woman's
             relationship to Krishna" (Mirabai, 1977). Mira often portrays herself as
             married to Krishna or Krishna as a yogi in her work. Her poems somewhat defy
             different ideas in Hinduism however. Mira imagines her marriage to Krishna
             as a "liaison between two Yogis'" which goes against standard Hindi belief,
             because a yogi must leave behind his/her family and former life, therefore
             two would not be married to one another (Hawley, 1977).
             Many of these ideas are expressed in the poem no. 177 by Mirabai. The poem
             begins with Mirabai exalting the Yogi, to be interpreted as Krishna, and
             she refers to him as "my friend, the clever one/ whose mind is on Siva and
             the Snake." Mirabai portrays herself in this poem as a yogini to the yogi.
             She talks of coming home, which can be interpreted as going with God, an
             idea that is prevalent in much of Hinduism. The themes of God and love are
             also very present throughout the poem. In line 8, the poet states "take
             me, guard me with your guardian mercy/ please." The message of this poem
             is that the author would do anything to be with the all-knowing yogi,
             including giving up her mind and body. God is all-powerful and very loved
             according to the author in this poem.
            
             Images used in this poem include visions of prayer beads, jewelry, yogi
             cloth and rain. She uses these images to define her image of self in the
             the poem, comparing the image of herself to the image of a yogi. She talks of
             becoming a yogi in the following stanza:
            
             I'll take up your yogic garb-
             Your prayer beads,
             Earrings,
             Begging-bowl skull
            
             The poet then states "and search thr...