ASLEEP IN THE VALLEY BROADS , MCQ , SHORT, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ASLEEP IN THE VALLEY
1. " ....... His smile
Is like an infant's...."
Whose 'smile ' is being referred to here ? Why is his smile compared to the smile of an infant? How does Nature take care of him? 1+3+2 =6
Ans : These lines are taken from the poem "ASLEEP IN THE VALLEY. The 'smile ' is of the dead soldier.
# The immediately dead soldier appears to the poet narrator to be innocent, and his face shows the gentleness and honesty of an infants.So , the poet narrator compares his smile to that of an infant 's for creating a vivid image in the reader's mind .
# The narrator finds that Nature is also engaged in taking care of the dead soldier. Nature gives him a pillow of fern beneath his head and a warm , green, sun soaked bed of heavy undergrowth.
2.'In his side there are two red holes'. _ Who has two red holes in his side ? What does the expression ' in his side ' mean ? What caused the ' two red holes '? What do they signify ? 1+1+1+3=6
Ans : The young soldier has two red holes in in his side .
#' Two red holes ' indicate the two fatal bullet wounds that had killed the young soldier.
# The poem expresses an anti -war view. The poet wants to show the futility of war by depicting this pitiful spectacle from the battlefield. The death of the young soldier who seems to be sleeping in the battlefield.The poet expresses his own opinion that the dead soldier against a beautiful natural scenery the poet wants to convey , nature is not much affected by war but human beings certainly become its worst victims.
3 How does the poet express the futility of war through his poem 'Asleep in the valley ' ? What message does he want convey?
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Answer : The poet, Arthur expresses the futility of war in his poem 'Asleep in the valley. '.A young soldier lies asleep in the small green valley. Nature has gently laid him in her lap like a fond Mother. The poet asks someone Nature to keep the soldier warm with her bright sunlight. But Nature is unable to revived him as he is dead with the attack of two bullets. The irony is that he died in such a war of which he knew nothing. Thus the poet describes the futility of the war.
Here the poet wants to convey the massage of peace.War destroys human lives only. It comes out no good to human beings as well as civilization.
4, justify the title of the poem "Asleep in the valley " 6
ANS: The poet , Arthur Rimbaud presents the beauty of nature and destruction of war in his poem " Asleep in the Valley". A stream flows pleasantly. There a young soldier sleeps peacefully in the sun - warmed grass . But actually he is dead with two bullet injuries in the . war.The poet asks Nature to keep him warm . But Nature will be unable to revive him as he is dead . The attitude of the poet here is to express the futility of warfare .And this attitude is expressed ironically in the title of the poem in a subtle manner.So the title is apt and appropriate.
5."A soldier , very young , lies open - mouthed " - Who is the 'soldier ' referred to here ? Narrate in your own words how the soldier lies in the valley.
ANS: The soldier is a young man who has taken part in a war and now lies dead in the open valley.
# The soldier lies open - mouthed in the - soaked bed of nature in the beautiful green valley.He lies resting his head on the pillow made of fern and stretching his body in the heavy undergrowth . His feet are among flowers . When he sleeps he has a smile on his face which is innocent like an infant's. He sleeps peacefully , and while sleeping peacefully , he keeps one of his hands on his breast.
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POEM #
Asleep In The Valley
Arthur Rimbaud
A small green valley where a slow stream stream flows
And leaves long strands of silver on the bright
Grass ; from the mountain top stream the sun's
Rays ; they fill the follow full of light.
A soldier , very young ,lies open - mouthed ,
A pillow made of fern beneath his head ,
Asleep ; stretched in the heavy undergrowth,
Pale 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 his rest;
He sleeps in sunlight, one hand on his breast;
At peace. In his side there are two red holes.
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