SAQ from asleep in the valley /asleep in the valley questions and answers

SAQ from asleep in the valley /asleep in the valley questions and answers 

SAQ from asleep in the valley
SAQ from asleep in the valley


1) What are the long strands of silver?

Ans- Long strands of silver means the small river that flows through the valley , looks like silver strands .     

2) Where from does come the stream?

    Ans-The stream comes from the mountain top in the poem . 

3) What does the poet say of a soldier?

    Ans-The poet says that the soldier is very young and lies open mouthed on the beautiful valley . 

4) 'Asleep'-Who is asleep and where?

    Ans-A very young soldier is asleep on the small , green valley . 

5) How is the bed of the dead soldier?

    Ans-The bed of the dead soldier is warm , green and sun-soaked .

6) Where are the feet of the dead soldier?

    Ans-The feet of the dead soldier are among the flowers . 

7) Why does the poet ask Nature to keep the dead soldier warm?

    Ans-The poet asks the nature to keep the dead soldier warm because he may catch cold . 

8) What does the poet forbid and to which?

    Ans-The poet forbids to disturb the soldier's rest to the humming insects . 

9) What are the two red holes?

    Ans-Two red holes signifies the bullet wounds . 

10) In which army was the poet Rimbaud?

    Ans-Arthur Rimbaud was a soldier in the Dutch Colonial Army .

11) Who is the poet of the poem 'Asleep in the valley ' ?

    Ans-Arthur Rimbaud is the poet of the poem 'Asleep in the valley '. 

12) What does the poet request nature?

    Ans-The poet request nature to keep the soldier warm .

13) What does the smile of the soldier look like?

    Ans-The smile of the soldier looks like an infants child . 

14) Why does the stretched body indicate?

    Ans-The stretched body indicates that the soldier is dead . 

15) Where does the soldier lie stretched?

    Ans-The soldier lies stretched among the bushes on the valley .

16) Why can't the humming insects disturb the sleep of the soldier?

    Ans-The humming insects can't disturb his rest because he is in eternal sleep .

17) How is the brutality of war expressed in the poem?

    Ans-The brutality of war expressed in the form death of the young soldier who lies in the valley open mouthed . 

18) What pains the reader at the end of the poem?

    Ans-The two bullet wounds on the side of the soldier pains the reader as the symbol of death in the war . 

19) "His smile/Is like an infant's" -Whose smile is compared to the smile of an infant?

    Ans-The smile of the dead soldier is compared to the smile of an infant . 

20) What else are there in the valley other than the dead body of the innocent soldier?

    Ans- There are a small stream , many flowers , bushes and plants in the valley other than the dead body of the soldier . 

21) "The humming insects don't disturb his rest;" -How do the insects hum?

    Ans - The insect hums with their humming sound . 

22) What does the opening line of the poem 'Asleep In The Valley' tell us?

    Ans-The opening line tells us that someone is asleep in the valley . 

23) "..... he may catch cold" -What does the poet want to say here?

    Ans- The poet wants to say that the body of the soldier may be cold as he has lost his warmth in the war . 

24) What does the expression 'heavy undrgrowth' suggest?

    Ans- The expression heavy undergrowth suggests the bushes and plants . 

25) How many lines and divisions are there in the poem?

    Ans- There are fourteen lines and two divisions in the poem . 

26) What are the sunrays compared with?

    Ans- The sunrays are compared to the 

27) What does the poet ask Nature to do?

    Ans-The poet asks the nature to keep the soldier warm and to protect his body . 

28) How do you know that the valley is rich in its flora and fauna?

    Ans- The soldier is lying on the valley , his feet  are among the flowers , pillow made of fern beneath his head , his body is stretched among the bushes from this we came to know that the valley is rich in its flora and fauna . 

29) What does the 'sun-soaked bed' suggest?

    Ans- The sun soaked bed suggested that the valley is brighten with sun light . 

30) How does the stream look like in the poem 'Asleep In The Valley'?

    Ans- The stream looks like silver strands in the poem . 

31) Where does the stream leave 'long strands of silver'?

    Ana- The stream leaves long strands of silver on the valley .

32) What is described as 'sun-soaked bed'?

    Ans- The green valley which is lighten with bright sunlight is described as sun-soaked bed . 

33) What do the 'two ted holes' in the poem "Asleep In The Valley" signify?

    Ans-The two red holes signifies the bullet wounds in the poem . 

34) How does the stream look like in the poem  "Asleep In The Valley"?

    Ans-The stream look like silver strands in the poem "Asleep In the Valley". 

35) Why does the poet ask nature to keep the soldier warm?

    Ans-The poet request nature to keep the soldier warm . 

36) Where does the stream leave 'long strands of silver'?

    Ans-The stream leaves the long strands of silver from the mountain top . 

37) What is described as 'gentle, without guile'?

    Ans-The smile of the soldier is described as gentle without guile . 

38) Why is the soldier pale?

    Ans-The soldier is pale because he is dead .

39) How does the poet bring out the innocence of the soldier in "Asleep In The Valley" ?

    Ans-The poet bring out the innocence of the soldier through the smile which is gentle with

40) Where does the soldier lie stretched?

    Ans-The soldier lie stretched on the valley . 

41 ) what type of poem is ' Asleep in the valley '?

    Ans-Asleep in the valley is an anti-war poem .

42) who wrote the poem ' Le Dormeur du Val ' ?

    Ans-Arthur Rimbaud wrote the poem 'Le Dormeur du Val ' .

43) When was asleep in the valley composed ?

    Ans-The poem asleep in the valley was written in 1877 , that is a year later when France was at war with Russia . 

 

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