ASLEEP IN THE VALLEY
ARTHUR RIMBAUD
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Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud (18541891) was a French poem from the nineteenth century. He started writing poetry even before he reached his teens. He stopped writing poetry at the age of nineteen. His major works include 'To Music' , Evening prayer. The present poem, originally titled "Le Dormeur Le Val" was included in his collection of poetry called, Poesis(1872).
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This poem is written in the model of the Italian sonnet that has fourteen lines divided as octave and sestet. The poet explores the inherent futility of war. This theme is expressed in the contrasting images of a bountiful nature as background and the tragic death of a young soldier in the midst of nature's spendour.
A small green valley where a slow stream flows
And leaves long strands of silver on the bright
Grass, from the mountain top stream the Sun's
Rays, they fill the hollow full of light.
A soldier, very young, lies open-mouthed,
A pillow made of fern beneath his head,
Asleep, stretched in the heavy undergrowth,
Pake in his warm, green, sun-soaked bed
His feet among the flowers, he sleeps. His smile
Is like an infant's- gentle, without guile.
Ah, Nature, keep him warm, he may catch cold.
The humming insects don't disturb his rest,'
He sleeps in sunlight, one hand on his breast,'
At peace. In his side there are two red holes.
❐ Introduction to the Poem:
Date of Composition : ' Asleep in the Valley may be written either after the Franco - Prussian war of 1870 or in 1877 when France was engaged in war with Russia . Rimbaud was very young when he wrote the poem . Rimbaud was born in 1854 .
Character : A youthful soldier is the only character in the poem . He sleeps , never to wake up again , in a beautiful sunlit valley .
Theme : The theme is the uselessness and destruction ( āĻĄেāϏ্āĻ্āϰাāĻāĻļāύ ) of warfare ( āĻāϝ়াāϰāĻĢেāϝ়াāϰ ) . A soldier after enduring the exhaustion ( āĻāĻāĻāĻļāύ ) of a war , sleeps in a beautiful valley . Here sleep is a metaphor for death . The soldier's sleep will never break as he has become a victim of war .
Form : The poem is written in sonnet form . It consists of two stanzas of four lines each and two stanzas of three lines each . The poem is a Petrarchan sonnet . Petrarch was an Italian poet . He wrote sonnets that were divided into two parts : the first group of eight lines is called Octave and the next group of six lines is called Sestet .
Contrasts : The poem is built upon a number of contrasts . The beautiful hollow ( 2 ) of the valley is contrasted with the two dreadful holes made by bullets . Again the cold of death is contrasted with the warmth ( ) of the sun and the abundant ( āĻ
্āϝাāĻŦাāύāĻĄাāύ্āĻ ) growth of plants in the valley . The grass and the stream contrast with the lifeless soldier . The youthful soldier and his smile like that of a child are contrasted with the sadness of death .
Use of Images : The poet uses a number of images to describe the beautiful picture of the valley . The valley is described as a hollow . The river that flows through the valley spreads like a silver rug ( āϰাāĻ ) . The bed of grass where the soldier is lying is described as soaked ( CIP ) with sunlight . The ferns ( āĻĢাāϰ্āύāϏ্ ) provide a pillow ( āĻĒিāϞো ) for the dead soldier . Such images are not only ornamental ( āĻ
āϰ্āύাāĻŽেāύ্āĻাāϞ ) but also functional .
Background : The poem ' Asleep in the Valley is a poem written either in 1870 or in 1877. The occasion of the poem is the Franco - Prussian war of 1870 or the Franco Russian war of 1877. In 1876 Rimbaud was a soldier of the Dutch Colonial Army . He might have seen a soldier lying dead , while going through a valley .
❐ āĻāĻŦিāϤা āĻĒāϰিāĻিāϤি:
āϰāĻāύাāĻাāϞঃ ' Asleep in the Valley ' ( ' āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻুāĻŽāύ্āϤ ’ ) āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻি āĻšāϝ় ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ļ āϏাāϞে āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻļিāϝ়াāϰ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϞেāĻা āύāϝ়āϤো ā§§ā§Žā§ā§ āϏাāϞে āϞেāĻা āϝāĻāύ āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏ āϰাāĻļিāϝ়াāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāϰāϤ । āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāĻŦো āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻি āϞেāĻেāύ āϤāĻāύ āϤাঁāϰ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻিāϞ āĻুāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽ । āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāĻŦোāϰ āĻāύ্āĻŽ ā§§ā§Žā§Ģā§Ē āϏাāϞে ।
āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰঃ āĻāĻāĻāύ āϤāϰāϤাāĻা āϏৈāύিāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϝ় āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্āϰ āĻāϰিāϤ্āϰ । āĻāĻāĻি āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ , āϏূāϰ্āϝাāϞোāĻিāϤ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āϏে āĻুāĻŽিāϝ়ে āĻāĻে , āϏে āĻāϰ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻাāĻāĻŦে āύা ।
āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤুঃ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻšāϞ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āĻ
āϏাāϰāϤা āĻ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ । āĻāĻāĻāύ āϰāĻŖāĻ্āϞাāύ্āϤ āϏৈāύিāĻ āĻāĻāĻি āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻুāĻŽিāϝ়ে āϰāϝ়েāĻে । āĻুāĻŽ āĻāĻাāύে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āϰূāĻĒāĻ | āĻিāύ্āϤু āϏৈāύ্āϝāĻিāϰ āĻুāĻŽ āĻোāύোāĻĻিāύāĻ āĻাāĻāĻŦে āύা āĻাāϰāĻŖ āϏে āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āĻļিāĻাāϰ |
āĻāĻ āύ āϰীāϤিঃ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻি āϏāύেāĻ āϰীāϤিāϤে āϞেāĻা । āĻāĻি āĻাāϰ āϞাāĻāύেāϰ āĻĻুāĻি āϏ্āϤāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŦং āϤিāύ āϞাāĻāύেāϰ āĻĻুāĻি āϏ্āϤāĻŦāĻ āύিāϝ়ে āĻāĻ িāϤ । āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻি āĻāĻāĻি āĻĒেāϤ্āϰাāϰ্āĻীāϝ় āϏāύেāĻ । āĻĒেāϤ্āϰাāϰ্āĻ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻāϤাāϞীāϝ় āĻāĻŦি । āϤিāύি āϝে āϏāύেāĻ āϞিāĻāϤেāύ āϤা āĻĻুāĻি āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦে āĻŦিāĻāĻ্āϤ | āĻāĻ āϞাāĻāύ āĻŦিāĻļিāώ্āĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāĻিāĻে āĻŦāϞে Octave ( āĻ
āώ্āĻāĻ ) āĻāϰ āĻāϝ় āϞাāĻāύেāϰ āĻĒāϰেāϰ āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāĻিāĻে āĻŦāϞে Sestet ( āώāĻāĻ ) ।
āĻŦৈāĻĒāϰীāϤ্āϝঃ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻি āĻŦেāĻļ āĻিāĻু āĻŦৈāĻĒāϰীāϤ্āϝেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϤি āĻāϰে āύিāϰ্āĻŽিāϤ । āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϰ āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ āĻāĻš্āĻŦāϰেāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻুāϞিāϰ āĻāĻাāϤেāϰ āĻĢāϞে āϏৃāώ্āĻ āĻĻুāĻি āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ āĻāϰ্āϤāϰ āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে । āĻāĻŦাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻļীāϤāϞāϤাāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āϏূāϰ্āϝেāϰ āĻāϤ্āϤাāĻĒ āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻাāĻāĻাāĻাāϞিāϰ āĻāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻ াāϰ āĻŦৈāĻĒāϰীāϤ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে | āĻাāϏ āĻāϰ āĻāϞāϧাāϰা āϝেāύ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖāĻšীāύ āϏৈāύিāĻেāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻŦৈāĻĒāϰীāϤ্āϝ āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļ āĻāϰāĻে | āύāĻŦীāύ āϏৈāύিāĻ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻļিāĻļুāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻšাāϏিāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāϰ āĻļোāĻেāϰ āĻŦৈāĻĒāϰীāϤ্āϝ āĻĻেāĻাāύো āĻšāϝ়েāĻে |
āĻিāϤ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰঃ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϰ āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ āĻিāϤ্āϰāĻি āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻāϰাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻāĻŦি āĻŦেāĻļ āĻিāĻু āĻিāϤ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰেāĻেāύ | āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻিāĻে āĻāĻāĻি āĻāĻš্āĻŦāϰ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে । āϝে āύāĻĻীāĻি āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻা āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āϏেāĻি āϰুāĻĒোāϞি āĻাāϰ্āĻĒেāĻেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻŦিāϏ্āϤৃāϤ । āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āϝে āĻাāϏেāϰ āĻļāϝ্āϝাāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻļুāϝ়ে āϰāϝ়েāĻে āϏেāĻিāĻে āϏূāϰ্āϝাāϞোāĻে āϏিāĻ্āϤ āĻŦāϞে āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে । āĻĢাāϰ্āύāϞāϤাāĻুāϞি āĻŽৃāϤ āϏৈāύিāĻেāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻŦাāϞিāĻļ āĻĒেāϤে āϰেāĻেāĻে । āĻāĻ āϏāĻŦ āĻিāϤ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒāĻুāϞি āĻļুāϧু āĻāϞংāĻাāϰিāĻ āύāϝ় , āĻাāϰ্āϝāĻāϰীāĻ āĻŦāĻে ।
āĻĒ্āϰেāĻ্āώাāĻĒāĻঃ ‘ Asleep in the Valley ' āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻি āĻšāϝ় ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ļ āϏাāϞে āύāϝ়āϤো ā§§ā§Žā§ā§ āϏাāϞে āϞেāĻা | āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϰ āĻāĻĒāϞāĻ্āώ āĻšāϞ ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ļ āϏাāϞে āĻĢ্āϰাāύ্āϏ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻļিāϝ়াāϰ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦা ā§§ā§Žā§ā§ āϏাāϞেāϰ āĻĢāϰাāϏি - āϰুāĻļ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧ । ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ŧ āϏাāϞে āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāĻŦো āĻĄাāĻ āĻāϞোāύিāϝ়াāϞ āĻŦাāĻšিāύীāϰ āĻāĻāĻāύ āϝোāĻĻ্āϧা āĻিāϞেāύ । āϤিāύি āĻšāϝ়āϤো āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়ে āĻোāύো āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻা āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϝাāĻāϝ়াāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻāĻāĻāύ āϝোāĻĻ্āϧাāĻে āĻŽৃāϤ āĻ
āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ় āĻĒāĻĄ়ে āĻĨাāĻāϤে āĻĻেāĻেāĻিāϞেāύ ।
❐ Substance of the Poem:
Octave Part : It is a green valley surrounded by high mountains . A stream flows softly as if it spreads silver · ribbons ( āϰিāĻŦāύāϏ্ ) on the grass . As the sun shines from the top of the mountain , the sunrays fill up the valley with its brightness . A young soldier sleeps open - mouthed with a pillow made of ferns . He appears to be taking a nap and the bushes and plants of the valley prepare his green bed which has absorbed the energy of the sun .
Sestet Part : The feet of the soldier are among the flowers , which grow abundantly in the valley . In his sleep he appears pale ( āĻĒেāϞ ) but smiling innocently like a child . Nature lovingly cradles ( āĻেāϞ্āϏ্ ) him and provides the necessary heat to keep him warm and protect him from the cold . The buzzing ( āĻŦাāĻিং ) sound of insects does not affect his sleep . He appears to be sleeping peacefully with his one hand on his chest . However , when viewed closely , it is seen that there are two deep bullet wounds in the side of his body .
❐ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϰ āϏাāϰাংāĻļ:
āĻ
āώ্āĻāĻ āĻ
ংāĻļঃ āĻāĻা āĻাāϰāĻĻিāĻে āĻঁāĻু āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ় āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻেāϰা āĻāĻāĻি āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻা । āĻāϏ্āϤে āĻāϏ্āϤে āĻŦāϝ়ে āĻāϞেāĻে āĻāĻāĻি āύāĻĻী , āϤা āϝেāύ āĻাāϏেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āϰুāĻĒোāϞি āĻĢিāϤেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻŦিāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻে | āϝেāĻšেāϤু āϏূāϰ্āϝ āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ় āĻূāĻĄ়া āĻĨেāĻে āĻāϞো āĻŦিāĻিāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻে , -āϏূāϰ্āϝ āϰāĻļ্āĻŽি āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻিāĻে āϤাāϰ āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ্āϝে āĻāϰিāϝ়ে āĻĻিāĻ্āĻে । āĻāĻāĻāύ āϝুāĻŦāĻ āϏৈāύিāĻ , āĻāώ⧠āĻোāϞা āĻŽুāĻে āĻĢাāϰ্āύāϞāϤাāϝ় āϤৈāϰি āĻŦাāϞিāĻļ āύিāϝ়ে āĻুāĻŽোāĻ্āĻে । āϏে āϝেāύ āĻāĻāĻু āĻুāĻŽিāϝ়ে āύিāĻ্āĻে āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϰ āĻোāĻĒāĻাāĻĄ় āĻাāĻāĻĒাāϞা āϤাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻŦিāĻাāύা āĻĒেāϤে āĻĻিāϝ়েāĻে āϝা āϏূāϰ্āϝেāϰ āĻļāĻ্āϤি āĻļোāώāĻŖ āĻāϰেāĻে ।
āώāĻāĻ āĻ
ংāĻļঃ āϏৈāύিāĻেāϰ āĻĒা āϰāϝ়েāĻে āϏ্āĻুāϞেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϝা āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāĻুāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖে āĻĢুāĻেāĻে । āϤাāϰ āĻুāĻŽেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāĻে āĻĢ্āϝাāĻাāĻļে āĻĻেāĻাāĻ্āĻে | āĻিāĻু āϏে āϝেāύ āĻļিāĻļুāϰ āĻŽāϤো āύিāώ্āĻĒাāĻĒāĻাāĻŦে āĻšাāϏāĻে । āĻĒāϤāĻ্āĻāĻĻেāϰ āĻুāύāĻুāύাāύি āϤাāϰ āĻুāĻŽāĻে āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦিāϤ āĻāϰে āύা । āϤাāϰ āĻāĻ āĻšাāϤ āĻŦুāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāĻ্āĻে āϏে āϝেāύ āĻļাāύ্āϤিāϤে āĻুāĻŽোāĻ্āĻে । āĻুāĻŦ āĻাāĻ āĻĨেāĻে āĻĻেāĻāϞে āĻ
āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ āĻŦোāĻা āϝাāĻ্āĻে āϝে āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻĻেāĻšেāϰ āĻĒাāĻļেāϰ āĻĻিāĻে āĻĻুāĻি āĻুāϞিāϰ āĻāĻীāϰ āĻ্āώāϤ āĻāĻে ।
❐ Central Idea of the Poem:
The poem ' Asleep in the Valley ' is a translation of the verse ' Le Dormeur du Val ' which Rimbaud wrote either in 1870 or in 1877. The poem belongs to the genre ( āĻঁāϰ ) of anti - war ( āĻ
্āϝাāύ্āĻি - āĻāϝ়াāϰ ) poems . A soldier is found asleep in a valley covered with grass . The sun shines brightly . The young soldier is lying open - mouthed under the sky . He looks pale but has an innocent smile on his face while he appears to sleep . However , the soldier is actually dead and two red holes are seen in his side . This unfortunate ( āĻāĻĢāϰāĻুāύেāĻ ) death of the soldier comes as a rude ( āϰুāĻĄ ) shock ( āĻļāĻ ) . The valley , filled with light and bubbling ( āĻŦাāĻŦāϞিং ) with life is seen in sharp contrast with the dead soldier . He is one of the victims of war and the picture of him lying dead in the lap of nature causes a sharp pain and gives rise to anger among the readers . The calm scene of the valley and the feeling of despair at the unfortunate and untimely death of the soldier are most prominent ( āĻĒ্āϰāĻŽিāύেāύ্āĻ ) . They show that even nature cannot protect people from the harmful effects of war . The dead soldier sleeps well after the hardships that he had to undergo during the war . His sleep can never be broken . The grim inevitability ( āĻāύāĻāĻিāĻেāĻŦিāϞিāĻি ) of war shows a of anxiety ( āĻ
্āϝাংāĻাāĻāĻি ) that is experienced ( āĻāĻ্āϏāĻĒিāϰিāϝ়েāύ্āϏāĻĄ্ ) by the poet , who had a first hand acquaintance ( āĻāĻোāϝ়েāύāĻেāύ্āϏ ) with war.
❐ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϰ āĻেāύ্āĻĻ্āϰীāϝ় āĻাāĻŦ:
‘ Asleep in the Valley ' āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻি ' Le Dormeur du Val ' āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϰ āĻ āύুāĻŦাāĻĻ , āϝা āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāĻŦো āϏāĻŽ্āĻāĻŦāϤ 1870 āϏাāϞে āĻŦা 1877 āϏাāϞে āϞিāĻেāĻেāύ । āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻি āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāĻŦিāϰোāϧী āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϰ āĻļ্āϰেāĻŖিāĻুāĻ্āϤ । āĻāĻāĻāύ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻে āĻāĻāĻি āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻাāϏে āĻĸাāĻা āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻুāĻŽিāϝ়ে āĻĨাāĻāϤে āĻĻেāĻা āϝাāĻ্āĻে । āϏূāϰ্āϝ āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻāϞো āĻŦিāĻিāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻে । āϝুāĻŦāĻ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻŽুāĻāĻি āĻāώ⧠āĻোāϞা āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ় āĻāĻাāĻļেāϰ āύাāĻে āĻļুāϝ়ে āϰāϝ়েāĻে । āϝāĻāύ āĻŽāύে āĻšāĻ্āĻে āϏে āĻুāĻŽোāĻ্āĻে āϤাāĻে āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻĢ্āϝাāĻাāĻļে āϞাāĻāĻে āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤাāϰ āĻŽুāĻে āϰāϝ়েāĻে āĻāĻ āύিāώ্āĻĒাāĻĒ āĻšাāϏি | āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি । āĻ āĻŦāĻļ্āϝ āĻāϏāϞে āĻŽৃāϤ āĻāĻŦং āϤাāϰ āĻĻেāĻšেāϰ āĻāĻ āĻĒাāĻļে āĻĻুāĻি āϞাāϞ āĻāϤ āĻĻেāĻা āϝাāĻ্āĻে । āϏৈāύিāĻেāϰ āĻāĻ āĻĻুāϰ্āĻাāĻ্āϝāĻāύāĻ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻāĻāĻি āύিāϰ্āĻŽāĻŽ āĻāĻাāϤ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻা āĻĻেāϝ় । āĻāϞোāϝ় āĻāϰা āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰাāĻŖāĻĒ্āϰাāĻুāϰ্āϝে āĻāĻāĻŦāĻে āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻি āĻŽৃāϤ āϏৈāύিāĻেāϰ āĻĒুāϰো āĻāϞāĻো | āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āĻ āύ্āϝāϤāĻŽ āĻļিāĻাāϰ āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻ āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻĒ্āϰāĻৃāϤিāϰ āĻোāϞে āϤাāϰ āĻŽৃāϤ āĻ āĻŦāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ় āĻĒāĻĄ়ে āĻĨাāĻাāϰ āĻāĻŦিāĻি āĻĒাāĻ āĻেāϰ āĻŽāύে āϤীāĻŦ্āϰ āϝāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖাāϰ āĻাāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϝ় āĻāĻŦং āĻ্āϰোāϧেāϰ āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻāϰে | āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϰ āĻļাāύ্āϤ āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻāĻŦং āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻĻুāϰ্āĻাāĻ্āϝāĻāύāĻ āĻ āĻাāϞ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻāύিāϤ āĻšāϤাāĻļা āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻāϰূāĻĒে āĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻļিāϤ | āĻāĻা āĻĻেāĻাāϝ় āϝে āĻĒ্āϰāĻৃāϤিāĻ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āĻুāĻĒ্āϰāĻাāĻŦ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŽাāύুāώāĻে āĻŦাঁāĻাāϤে āĻĒাāϰে āύা । āĻŽৃāϤ āϏৈāύিāĻ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āĻāώ্āĻ āϏāĻš্āϝ āĻāϰাāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻাāϞোāĻাāĻŦে āĻুāĻŽাāĻ্āĻে । āϤাāϰ āĻুāĻŽ āĻোāύোāĻĻিāύ āĻাāĻাāύো āϝাāĻŦে āύা । āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āύিāϰ্āĻŽāĻŽ āĻ āύিāĻŦাāϰ্āϝāϤা āĻĢুāĻিāϝ়ে āϤোāϞে āĻāĻ āĻāĻļāĻ্āĻাāĻŦোāϧ āϝেāĻি āĻāĻŦি , āϝাঁāϰ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āĻĒ্āϰāϤ্āϝāĻ্āώ āĻĒāϰিāĻিāϤি āĻিāϞ , āϤিāύি āĻ āύুāĻāĻŦ āĻāϰেāĻিāϞেāύ |
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
MCQ TYPE
1. The word 'guile' means-
A) innocence
B) simplicity
C) deceit
D) purity
2. Rimbaud describes the bed of the soldier as-
A) warm and green
B) damp and clean
C) warm, green and sun- soaked
D) warm and drenched
3.".. stretched in the heavy undergrowth", Here 'undergrowth' refers to--
A) dry leaves
B) tall grass
C) bushes and plants
D) marshy land
4. The numbers of colours mentioned in the poem 'Asleep in the Valley' is-
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
5. The soldier's feet were-
A) on the grass
B) among the fern
C) among the flowers
D) cold
6. The word 'Hollow' suggests -
A) the stream
B) the glade
C) the valley
D) the hills
7. The sun' s rays in 'Asleep In The Valley' are compared to--
A) firebolt
B) a pool
C) a cataract
D) a stream
8. The dead soldier lies on a pillow made of -
A) grass
B) fern
C) flowers
D) leaves
9. The poet Arthur Rimbaud asked the nature to keep the soldier-
A) warm
B) safe
C) dry
D) lively
10. In the poem 'Asleep In The Valley' the sunrays fill the-
A) mountain
B) stream
C) hollow
D) heavy undergrowth
11. "Asleep In The Valley" is a-
A) petrarchan sonnet
B) Shakespearean sonnet
C) Spenserian sonnet
D) Miltonian sonnet
12. Rimbaud's use of the word "Asleep" is-
A) metaphorical
B) literal
C) ironical
D) pictorial
13. The phrase 'a soldier very young', suggests that-
A) young soldiers are always energetic
B) soldiers enjoy the warfare
C) young soldiers are sacrificed in the warfare
D) all of these
14. The only sound in the valley is that of the-
A) bullets
B) humming insects
C) birds' singing
D) roaring of animal
15. The smile of the dead soldier is without-
A) guile
B) tiredness
C) intelligence
D) happiness
16. The soldier in Rimbaud's poem sleeps in the-
A) sunlight
B) night
C) twilight
D) dusk
17. 'Asleep In The Valley' is composed by-
A) Gieve Patel
B) Arthur Rimbaud
C) William Shakespeare
D) John Keats
18. The valley where the soldier is lying dead is-
A) big
B) small
C) long
D) deep
19. The grass on the valley appears-
A) yellow
B) fresh
C) silvery
D) bright
20. The soldier described in the poem is-
A) old
B) middle-aged
C) young
D) child-like
21. The soldier's head is supported by-
A) a pillow of logwood
B) a pillow of fern
C) a pillow of thick grasses
D) none of these
1.Through what does the stream mentioned in the poem ' Asleep in the Valley ' flow ? [ Asleep in the Valley ' āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϝ় āύāĻĻীāĻি āĻীāϏেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻŦāϝ়ে āĻāϞে ? ]
Ans: The slow stream flows through the valley . [ āϧীāϰāĻāϤিāϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāύ্āύ āĻোāĻো āύāĻĻীāĻি āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻŦāϝ়ে āĻāϞে [ ]
2.How does the stream look like in the poem ' Asleep in the Valley ' ? [ ' Asleep in the Valley ' āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϝ় āĻোāĻো āύāĻĻীāĻে āĻĻেāĻāϤে āĻেāĻŽāύ ?
Ans: The stream looks like long strands of silver . [ āĻোāĻো āύāĻĻীāĻি āĻĻেāĻāϤে āϞāĻŽ্āĻŦা āϰুāĻĒোāϰ āĻĢিāϤেāϰ āĻŽāϤো । ]
3." ... they fill the hollow " -What does the word ' hollow ' mean here ? [ ‘ Hollow ’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻি āĻী āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় ? ]
Ans: The word ' hollow ' suggests a valley surrounded by mountains . [ ' Hollow ' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻি āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ় āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻĒāϰিāĻŦেāώ্āĻিāϤ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻে āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় । ]
4.What are the sunrays compared with ? [ āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽিāĻে āĻীāϏেāϰ .āϏāĻ্āĻে āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে ? ]
Ans: The sunrays are compared to a softly flowing stream . [ āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽিāĻে āĻāĻāĻি āϧীāϰে āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦāĻšāĻŽাāύ āύāĻĻীāϰ āϏāĻ্āĻে āϤুāϞāύা āĻāϰা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে । ]
5. " How is the young soldier lying ? [ āϝ়ুāĻŦāĻ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻীāĻাāĻŦে āĻļুāϝ়ে Cabooll āϰāϝ়েāĻে ? ]
Ans: The young soldier is lying open - mouthed in the valley with a pillow of ferns under his head . [ āϝ়ুāĻŦāĻ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻĢাāϰ্āύেāϰ āĻŦাāϞিāĻļেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨা āĻĻিāϝ়ে āĻāώ⧠āĻšা āĻāϰে āĻļুāϝ়ে āϰāϝ়েāĻে । ]
6. How is the bed of the dead soldier ? [ āĻŽৃāϤ āϏৈāύিāĻেāϰ āĻŦিāĻাāύাāĻি āĻেāĻŽāύ āĻিāϞ ? ]
Ans: The bed of the soldier is made of soft grass and plants with a pillow made of ferns and this natural bed has soaked the warmth of the sun [ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻļুāϝ়ে āĻĨাāĻা āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŦিāĻাāύা āύāϰāĻŽ āĻাāϏ āĻāϰ āĻাāĻāĻĒাāϞা āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāϞিāĻļāĻা āĻĢাāϰ্āύেāϰ āϤৈāϰি āĻāϰ āĻāĻ āĻĒ্āϰাāĻৃāϤিāĻ āĻŦিāĻাāύা āϏূāϰ্āϝেāϰ āĻāϤ্āϤাāĻĒ āĻļোāώāĻŖ āĻāϰেāĻে । ]
7. What is meant by ' heavy undergrowth ' ? [ ' Heavy undergrowth ' āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻী āĻŦোāĻাāύো āĻšāϝ়েāĻে ? ]
' Heavy undergrowth ' suggests the plentiful growth of bushes and plants in the Valley . [ Heavy undergrowth ' āĻŦāϞāϤে āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻŦেāĻĄ়ে āĻāĻ া āĻĒ্āϰāĻুāϰ āĻাāĻāĻĒাāϞা āĻ āĻোāĻĒāĻাāĻĄ়েāϰ āĻāĻĨা āĻŦāϞা āĻšāϝ়েāĻে | ]
8. Give an example of an image used by Rimbaud in the poem ? [ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϝ় āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāĻŦো āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻāĻāĻি āĻিāϤ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒেāϰ āĻāĻĻাāĻšāϰāĻŖ āĻĻাāĻ । ]
Ans: An image used by Rimbaud in the poem is the sunrays filling up the hollow like a stream . [ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϝ় āĻŦ্āϰ্āϝাāĻŦো āĻĻ্āĻŦাāϰা āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšৃāϤ āĻāĻāĻি āĻিāϤ্āϰāĻāϞ্āĻĒ āĻšāϞ āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽি āĻোāĻো āĻāĻāĻি āĻāϞāϧাāϰাāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻোāĻো āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻিāĻে āĻāϰিāϝ়ে āĻĻিāĻ্āĻে । ]
9.What is meant by the phrase ' sun - soaked bed ' ? [ ' Sun soaked bed ' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦāύ্āϧāĻি āĻী āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় ? ]
Ans: The phrase ' sun - soaked bed ' suggests that the valley absorbs the warmth of the sun and lush vegetation grows there abundantly ( āĻ
্āϝাāĻŦাāύāĻĄেāύ্āĻāϞি ) . [ Sun - soaked bed ' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦāύ্āϧ āĻāĻাāĻ āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় āϝে āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻি āϏূāϰ্āϝেāϰ āĻāϤ্āϤাāĻĒ āĻļোāώāĻŖ āĻāϰে āĻāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻĢāϞে āĻাāĻāĻĒাāϞা āĻĒ্āϰāĻুāϰ āĻĒāϰিāĻŽাāĻŖে āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻ ে । ]
10.What does the epithet , ' very young ' , suggest in the poem ? [ ' Very young ' āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖāĻি āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিāϤে āĻী āĻŦোāĻাāϝ় ? ]
Ans: The epithet ( āĻāĻĒিāĻĨেāĻ ) , ' very young suggests that young men go to the battlefield ( āĻŦ্āϝাāϞ্āĻĢিāϞ্āĻĄ ) , and are sacrificed ( āϏ্āϝাāĻāϰিāĻĢাāĻāĻĄ্ ) in the warfare . [ ' Very young ' āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ āĻĨেāĻে āĻŦোāĻা āϝাāϝ় āϝে āĻāĻŽāĻŦāϝ়āϏি āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϰা āϝুāĻĻ্āϧāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āϝাāϝ় āĻāϰ āϝুāĻĻ্āϧেāĻ āĻŦāϞিāĻĒ্āϰāĻĻāϤ্āϤ āĻšāϝ় । ]
11.In what manner does the soldier lie in the countryside ? [ āĻীāĻাāĻŦে āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻĒāϞ্āϞিāĻ
āĻ্āĻāϞে āĻļুāϝ়ে āϰāϝ়েāĻে ? ]
Or
How does the soldier lie ? [ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻীāĻাāĻŦে āĻļুāϝ়ে āĻāĻে ? ]
Ans: The soldier lies asleep in the valley , with his mouth open and one of his hands resting on his chest .
[ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻļুāϝ়ে āϰāϝ়েāĻে , āϤাāϰ āĻŽুāĻāĻি āĻুāϞে āĻāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻāĻāĻি āĻ āĻšাāϤ āĻŦুāĻেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āϰেāĻে |
12 .... they fill the hollow full of light . " - What does ' hollow ' describe ? [ Hollow ' āĻāĻাāύে āĻী āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻāϰে ? ]
Ans: The word ' hollow ' referred to in the poem describes a beautiful valley , surrounded with mountains , where the rays of the sun are streaming in . [ Hollow ' āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻি āĻāĻ্āώেāϤ্āϰে āĻāĻāĻি āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻে āĻŦāϰ্āĻŖāύা āĻāϰেāĻে , āϝা āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ় āĻেāϰা , āϝেāĻাāύে āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽি āϏ্āϰোāϤেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦেāĻļ āĻāϰāĻে ।
13. What is the soldier's pillow made of ? [ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŦাāϞিāĻļ āĻাঁ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϤৈāϰি ? ]
Ans: The soldier's pillow is made of ferns . [ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŦাāϞিāĻļ āĻĢাāϰ্āύ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϤৈāϰি । ]
14.What does the slow stream leave on the bright grass ? [ āϧীāϰ āĻāϤিāϤে āĻāϞা āύāĻĻীāĻি āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻাāϏেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻী āϰেāĻে āϝাāϝ় ? ]
Ans: The slow stream leaves on the bright grass long strands or ribbons of silver . āϧীāϰ āĻāϤিāϤে āĻāϞা āύāĻĻীāĻি āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ āĻাāϏেāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āϞāĻŽ্āĻŦা āϰুāĻĒোāϞি āϏুāϤো āĻŦা āĻĢিāϤে āĻĢেāϞে āϝাāϝ় | ]
15.What is there beneath the head of the soldier ? [ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āύীāĻে āĻী āĻāĻে ? ]
Ans: There is a pillow made of fern beneath the head of the soldier . [ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āύীāĻে āĻĢাāϰ্āύেāϰ āĻŦাāϞিāĻļ āĻāĻে | ]
16.How is the grass in the valley ? [ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϰ āĻাāϏ āĻেāĻŽāύ ? ] Ans: There is plenty of bright green grass in the valley . [ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāĻুāϰ āĻāĻ্āĻ্āĻŦāϞ āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻাāϏ āĻāĻে |
17.What role is played by the sun's rays ? [ āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽিāϰ āĻূāĻŽিāĻা āĻী ? ]
Ans: The sun's rays fill up the valley with light . [ āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽি āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāĻে āĻāϞোāϝ় āĻāϰিāϝ়ে āϤুāϞেāĻে । ]
18." " ... from the mountaintop stream ... " - What is streaming from the mountaintop ? [ āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ়āĻূāĻĄ়া āĻĨেāĻে āĻী āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āĻšāĻ্āĻে ? ]
Ans: The sun's rays are streaming from the mountaintop . [ āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ়āĻূāĻĄ়া āĻĨেāĻে āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽি āĻĒ্āϰāĻŦাāĻšিāϤ āĻšāĻ্āĻে |
19. " A pillow made of fern beneath his head - What does this line imply ? [ āĻāĻ āϞাāĻāύāĻি āĻী āĻŦোāĻাāĻ্āĻে ? ]
Ans: This line shows how Nature , out of sympathy , forms a pillow of ferns to support the head of the dead soldier . [ āĻāĻ āϞাāĻāύāĻি āĻĻেāĻাāϝ় āĻĒ্āϰāĻৃāϤি āϏāĻšাāύুāĻূāϤিāĻļীāϞ āĻšāϝ়ে āĻŽৃāϤ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨা āϰাāĻাāϰ āĻāύ্āϝ āĻĢাāϰ্āύেāϰ āĻŦাāϞিāĻļ āĻĒেāϤে āϰেāĻেāĻে ।
20.' Where does the young soldier lie ? [ āϝুāĻŦāĻ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻোāĻĨাāϝ় āĻļাāϝ়িāϤ āĻāĻে ? ]
Ans: The young soldier lies asleep in the valley . [ āϝুāĻŦāĻ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āύিāĻĻ্āϰাāϝ় āĻļাāϝ়িāϤ āĻāĻে | ]
21.How does the stream flow through the valley ? [ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āύāĻĻীāĻি āĻেāĻŽāύāĻাāĻŦে āĻŦāϝ়ে āĻāϞেāĻে ? ] Danck Dohor ]
Ans: The stream flows slowly leaving long strands of silver . [ āύāĻĻীāĻি āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āϰুāĻĒোāϞি āĻĢিāϤেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻŦিāĻিāϝ়ে āϧীāϰে āĻŦāϝ়ে āĻāϞেāĻে | ]
22. What does the young soldier have for a pillow ? [ āϝুāĻŦāĻ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻি āĻŦাāϞিāĻļ āĻšিāϏেāĻŦে āĻী āĻŦ্āϝāĻŦāĻšাāϰ āĻāϰāĻে ? ]
Ans: The young soldier has a pillow made of ferns . [ āϝুāĻŦāĻ āϏৈāύিāĻāĻিāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϝ় āĻĢাāϰ্āύেāϰ āĻŦাāϞিāĻļ āĻāĻে | ]
23. Wherefrom the sun's rays come ? [ āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽি āĻোāĻĨা āĻĨেāĻে āĻāϏāĻে ? ]
Ans: The sunrays come from the mountaintop . [ āϏূāϰ্āϝāϰāĻļ্āĻŽি āĻĒাāĻšাāĻĄ়āĻূāĻĄ়া āĻĨেāĻে āĻāϏāĻে ||
24. Where does the stream leave ' long strands of silver ' ? [ āĻোāĻĨাāϝ় āύāĻĻীāĻি āϰুāĻĒোāϞি āĻĢিāϤেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻাāĻĒ āϰেāĻে āĻেāĻে ? ]
Ans: In the small green valley , the stream leaves long strands of silver . [ āĻোāĻ্āĻ āϏāĻŦুāĻ āĻāĻĒāϤ্āϝāĻাāϝ় āĻোāĻো āύāĻĻীāĻি āϰূāĻĒাāϞি āĻĢিāϤেāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻাāĻĒ āϰেāĻে āĻেāĻে । ]
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