Short Question and Answers of Asleep in the Valley
“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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