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“Asleep in The Valley”  (1854-1891)

                                                               

Arthur Rimbaud(Boy Poet)  

A. Answer the following questions each in a complete sentence…

1.  Who wrote the poem “Asleep in The Valley”?

Answer:Arthur Rimbaud wrote the poem “Asleep in The Valley”.

2. Who is famously known as boy poet ?

Answer : Arthur Rimbaud is famously known as boy poet.

3.What type of poem is “Asleep in The Valley”?

Answer: “Asleep in The Valley” is a perfect lyric.(/war poem)

4. What is the form used in “Asleep in The Valley”?

Answer: Rimbaud chooses the sonnet form for his poem “Asleep in The Valley”.

5. What is the theme of the poem “Asleep in The Valley”?

Ans:The futility of war is the theme of the poem “Asleep in The Valley”.

6. Who is asleep in the Valley ?

Answer: A very young soldier is asleep in the valley.

7. Where does a slow stream flow ?

Answer : A slow stream flows in/through the small green valley.

8. How does the stream flow in the small green valley?

Answer: The stream flows slowly in the small green valley.

9. What does the green valley stand for ?

Answer: The green valley stands for life.

10.What does the stream leave on the bright grass ?

Ans:The stream leaves long strands of silver on the bright grass.

11. Who are making sound around the valley?

   Answer: The humming insects are making sound around the valley.

12. On which does the soldier rest his head?  

Answer: The soldier rests his head on a pillow made of fern.

13. “they fill the hollow full of light”-  What does ‘they’ refer to here?                                                                                                       Ans : Here ‘they’ refers  to the Sun's rays from the mountaintop.

 14.Where from does the small green valley receive The Sun's rays?

Ans:The small green valley receives the Sun's rays from the mountaintop.

15.How does the soldier lie in the small green Valley? 

Ans:The soldier lies open-mouthed  in the small green Valley.

16.How is the bed of the soldier?

Answer: The bed on which the soldier sleeps is warm, green and sun -soaked.

17. What makes the soldier pale? 

Ans:Death makes the soldier pale.

18.How is the smile of the soldier? 

Answer: The soldier's smile is like an infant's - gentle, without guile.

19.Why does the poet invoke nature? 

Ans: The poet invokes 'Nature' to keep the soldier warm.

20. Why does the poet invoke 'Nature' to keep the soldier warm?

Ans:The poet invokes 'Nature' to keep the soldier warm lest he may catch cold.

21.Who sleeps in sunlight? 

Ans:The soldier sleeps in sunlight.

22.Who may catch cold? 

Ans:The dead soldier may catch cold.

23.Who do not disturb the sleep of the soldier? 

Ans: The humming insects do not disturb the sleep of the soldier. 

24. What does the word ' two red holes' indicate? 

Ans:The word ' two red holes' indicates bullet wounds.

25.How is the pillow of the soldier made of? 

Ans:The pillow of the soldier is made of fern.

26.Where did the soldier in ' Asleep In The Valley' put his hand? 

Ans:The  soldier in ' Asleep In The Valley' put his hand on the breast.

27. Where were the feet of the soldier in ' Asleep In The Valley'?

Ans:The  feet of the soldier in ' Asleep In The Valley' were among the flowers.

28.Why don't the humming insects disturb the soldier's rest?

Ans:The  humming insects do not disturb the soldier's rest because the soldier is dead. 

29.What does The  poem ' Asleep In The Valley' reflect?

Ans:The poem ' Asleep In The Valley' reflects the pity of war.

30.What was Rimbaud's nationality? 

Ans:Rimbaud's nationality was French.

31.What does the word 'hollow' indicate?

Ans:The word  'hollow' indicates valley.

32.How do the Sun's rays fill the hollow?

Ans:The Sun's rays fill the hollow full of light.

33.How old is the soldier?

Ans:The soldier is very young.

34.Who lies open mouthed?

Ans:The soldier lies open mouthed.

35.Who is stretched in the heavy undergrowth?

Ans:The soldier is stretched in the heavy undergrowth.

36.How does the soldier lie?

Ans:The soldier lies open mouthed keeping one hand on his breast.



                                                                     


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