Chapter: 9
A PHOTOGRAPH
āĻāĻāύ āĻāϞোāĻāĻিāϤ্ā§°
TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
THINK IT OUT
āĻāĻāĻো āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°āĻ
1. What does the word “cardboard” denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ "āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄ" āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§ąে āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāϝ়? āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻিāϝ় āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে?
Answer:- The word “cardboard” means a very stiff and thick paper. Here the cardboard is a part of the frame that keeps the photograph intact. Its use in the poem is ironical. It keeps the photograph of that twelve-year-old girl safe who herself was ‘terribly transient’. She had died years ago.
"āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄ" āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻা āĻ
āϤি āĻāĻ িāύ āĻā§°ু āĻĄাāĻ āĻাāĻāĻ। āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄāĻো āĻĢ্ā§°েāĻŽā§° āĻāĻা āĻ
ংāĻļ āϝি āĻĢāĻোāĻ্ā§°াāĻĢāĻāύ āĻ
āĻ্āώāϤ ā§°াāĻে। āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্ā§°ূāĻĒাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ। āĻ āϏেāĻ āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীā§° āĻĢāĻোāĻāύ āϏুā§°āĻ্āώিāϤ ā§°াāĻে āϝি āύিāĻে 'āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ āĻ্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী' āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻ āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻŦā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
2. What has the camera captured?
āĻেāĻŽেā§°াāĻোā§ąে āĻি āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻā§°িāĻে?
Answer:- The camera has captured all the three girls alive in it. It has captured the pretty face of the poet’s mother who was a girl of twelve at that time. It has captured the smiling faces of two girl cousins, Betty and Dolly. They were holding the hands of the poet’s mother in their hands.
āĻেāĻŽেā§°াāĻোā§ąে āϤিāύিāĻāĻāύী āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻ āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻীā§ąিāϤ āĻ
ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨাāϤ āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻā§°িāĻে। āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§° āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āϧ⧰ি āĻেāĻĻ āĻā§°িāĻে āϝি āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻ āĻŦেāĻি āĻā§°ু āĻĄāϞী āύাāĻŽā§° āĻĻুāĻā§°াāĻী āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§° āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨāĻা āĻŽুāĻāĻŦোā§° āϧ⧰ি āĻেāĻĻ āĻā§°িāĻে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻšাāϤ āĻšাāϤāϤ āϧ⧰ি āĻāĻিāϞ।
3. What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?
āĻŦিāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻā§°āĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻি āϏāϞāύি āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻ? āĻāĻāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻিāĻŦা āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āύেāĻি?
Answer:- The sea has not changed over the years. It brings out the ‘transient’ nature of man when compared to nature and its objects. Time spares none. The pretty faces and the feet of the three girls are ‘terribly transient’ or mortal when compared to the ageless and the unchangeable sea.
āĻŦিāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻā§°āĻŦোā§°āϤ āϏাāĻā§°āϏāϞāύি āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻ। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤি āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϤুāϞāύাāϤ āĻ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° 'āĻ্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী' āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύে। āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ āĻāĻো āĻā§°ি āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻŦāϝ়āϏāĻšীāύ āĻā§°ু āĻ
āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύীāϝ় āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āϤুāϞāύাāϤ āϤিāύিāĻāύী āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§° āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻŽুāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻā§°ি 'āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ āĻ্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী' āĻŦা āύāĻļ্āĻŦā§°।
4. The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻে āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāĻāĻো āĻĻেāĻি āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻোā§ąে āĻি āϏূāĻাāϝ়?
Answer:- The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot that was taken years ago. In the photograph she as well as her girl cousins stood at the beach. She laughed at the way all of them were dressed up for the beach. Perhaps they looked funny. She pointed it out to her cousins- Dolly and Betty who were with her in the photograph. The laugh indicated her youthful spirit.
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻāϤে āϞোā§ąা āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāĻāĻোāϤ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞ। āĻĢāĻোāĻāύāϤ āϤাāĻ āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻোā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻাāĻ-āĻāύীāϏāĻāϞ āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒোāĻাāĻ āĻĒিāύ্āϧি āĻĨāĻাā§° āϧ⧰āĻŖে āϤাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞ। āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ąāϤঃ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻ āĻĢāĻোāĻāύāϤ āϤাāĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĨāĻা āϤাāĻā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻাāĻ-āĻāύী- āĻĄāϞী āĻā§°ু āĻŦেāĻিāĻ āĻāĻুāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ। āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻোā§ąে āϤাāĻā§° āϝৌā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāϤ্āĻŽাāĻ āĻংāĻিāϤ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ।
5. What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of Loss”?
"āϞোāĻāĻাāύ⧰ āĻļ্ā§°āĻŽāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϏāĻšāĻāϤাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা āĻŦিāĻৃāϤ" āĻļাā§°ীāĻোā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻি?
Answer:- Both the poet’s mother and the poet suffer a sense of loss. The mother has lost her childlike innocence and joyful spirit that the photograph captured years ago. For the poet the smile of his mother has become a thing of the past. Ironically, both labour to bear this loss with ease.
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻāĻŦি āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻāύেāĻ āĻ্āώāϤিā§° āĻ
āύুāĻূāϤি āĻোāĻ āĻā§°ে। āĻŽাāϝ়ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻļিāĻļুāϏুāϞāĻ āύিāώ্āĻĒাāĻĒāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻāύāύ্āĻĻāĻŽāϝ় āĻāϤ্āĻŽা āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāĻāĻে āϝিāĻো āĻĢāĻোāĻāύে āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻ
āϤীāϤ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻে। āĻŦিāĻĻ্ā§°ূāĻĒাāϤ্āĻŽāĻāĻাā§ąে, āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻāύে āĻāĻ āĻ্āώāϤি āϏāĻšāĻে āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ে।
6. What does “this circumstance” refer to?
"āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি"ā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻি?
Answer:- “This circumstance” refer to the death of the poet’s mother. The photograph of the dead mother brings sad nostalgic feelings in the poet. But the poet has nothing to say at all about this circumstance. The silence of the poet makes the pall of the silence prevailing there still deeper.
"āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি"ā§° āĻ
ā§°্āĻĨ āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু। āĻŽৃāϤ āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻāϞোāĻāĻিāϤ্ā§°āĻ āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻĻুāĻāĻāύāĻ āύāϏ্āĻাāϞāĻিāĻ āĻ
āύুāĻূāϤি āĻāĻĸ়িāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύিāĻে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻāĻেāĻŦাā§°ে āĻ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻো āύাāĻ। āĻāĻŦিā§° āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাāĻ āϤাāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϞিāϤ āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাā§° āĻĒেāϞāĻো āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻীā§° āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞিāĻে।
7. The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
āϤিāύিāĻা āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāϤ āϤিāύিāĻা āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ় āĻĻেāĻুāĻā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে। āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻি?
Answer:- In the first stanza the poet’s mother is shown as a twelve year old girl with a pretty and laughing face. There she went paddling with two girl cousins. This phase is before the poet’s birth. The second phase describes the middle aged mother laughing at her own snapshot. The third phase describes the chilling pall of silence that the death of the mother has left in the life of the poet.
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻāĻāύী āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻĻেāĻুāĻā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে āϝাā§° āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া āĻā§°ু āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻāĻে। āϤাāϤ āϤাāĻ āĻĻুāĻā§°াāĻী āĻোā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻাāĻ-āĻāύীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĒেāĻĄāϞিং āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ়āĻো āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻāύ্āĻŽā§° āĻāĻā§°। āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ়āϤ āĻŽāϧ্āϝāĻŦāϝ়āϏীāϝ়া āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āύিāĻā§° āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāĻāϤ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨāĻাāĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে। āϤৃāϤীāϝ় āĻĒā§°্āϝাāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āĻŽাāϤৃā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§ąে āĻā§°ি āϝোā§ąা āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাā§° āĻļীāϤāϞ āϤাā§āĻĒā§°্āϝāĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে।
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
āĻāĻŽু āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ
1. What does the cardboard show?
āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄāĻāύে āĻি āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāϝ়?
Answer:- The cardboard shows an old photograph. It shows the poet’s mother standing with two girl cousins-Dolly and Betty. All of them were standing at the beach. They stood smiling at the uncle who was standing at a distance with a camera.
āĻাā§°্āĻĄāĻŦোā§°্āĻĄāĻāύে āĻāĻা āĻĒুā§°āĻŖি āĻāϞোāĻāĻিāϤ্ā§° āĻĻেāĻুā§ąাāĻāĻে। āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻāĻ āĻĻুāĻā§°াāĻী āĻোā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻাāĻ-āĻāύী-āĻĄāϞী āĻā§°ু āĻŦেāĻিā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻĻেāĻুāĻā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āϏāĻāϞোā§ąে āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻেāĻŽেā§°া āϞৈ āĻĻূā§°ৈāϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻুā§°াāĻā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
2. What was the occasion? Why did they go there?
āĻি āĻāĻĒāϞāĻ্āώ্āϝ āĻāĻিāϞ? āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϤাāϞৈ āĻিāϝ় āĻৈāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- The poet’s mother and the two girl-cousins, Dolly and Betty had gone there for paddling. Actually, they were enjoying a sea holiday. All the three waded through shallow sea water. They were happy and having a good fun. The uncle stood there with a camera and they were smiling at him.
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻোā§ąাāϞী-āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻাāĻ-āĻāύী āĻĄāϞী āĻā§°ু āĻŦেāĻি āϤাāϞৈ āĻĒেāĻĄāϞিং āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻāϞāϤে, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϏাāĻā§°ীāϝ় āĻŦāύ্āϧāĻāĻĒāĻোāĻ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤিāύিāĻāĻāύে āĻ
āĻāĻীā§° āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাāύীā§° āĻŽাāĻেā§°ে āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āϏুāĻী āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻ
āϏীāĻŽ āĻāύāύ্āĻĻ āϞাāĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻুā§°াāĻāĻāύে āϤাāϤ āĻেāĻŽেā§°া āϞৈ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĢাāϞে āĻাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻāĻিāϞ।
3. Describe the three girls standing at the beach?
āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻোā§ąাāϞী āϤিāύিāĻāύীā§° āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°া।
Answer:- The poet’s mother and her two girl cousins had gone paddling. The big girl, the poet’s mother, was about twelve years or so. That was even before the poet was born. All the three stood still. The sea-water was washing their mortal feet. They were smiling ‘through their hair’ at the uncle. He stood there with a camera.
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻুāĻā§°াāĻী āĻোā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻাāĻ-āĻāύী āĻĒেāĻĄāϞিং āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύী, āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ, āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāĻā§° āĻŦা āϤাāϤোāϧিāĻ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻিāϞ। āϏেāĻāĻো āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻāύ্āĻŽā§° āĻāĻāϤেāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤিāύিāĻāĻāύ āϏ্āĻĨিā§° āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাāύীāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āύāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻā§°ি āϧুāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻুā§°াāĻā§° āĻĢাāϞে 'āĻুāϞিā§° āĻŽাāĻেā§°ে' āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁ āĻেāĻŽেā§°া āĻāĻা āϞৈ āϤাāϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
4. “The sea, which appears to have changed less, washed their terribly transient feet.” How does the poet contrast the girls’ terribly transient feet’ with the sea?
"āϏাāĻā§°āĻāύ āĻāĻŽ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻšোā§ąা āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻে, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ āĻ্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী āĻā§°ি āϧুāĻāĻে।" āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ āĻ্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী āĻā§°িāĻ āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻā§°ে?
Answer:- All the girls standing at the beach have ‘terribly transient’ existence. They are mortal and suffer physical changes with the passage of time. The mother’s sweet face and her smile has disappeared after twenty or thirty years. But the vast sea remains unchanged or seems ‘to have changed less’ in their comparison.
āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āϏāĻāϞো āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§° 'āĻāϝ়াāύāĻ āĻ্āώāĻŖāϏ্āĻĨাāϝ়ী' āĻ
āϏ্āϤিāϤ্āĻŦ āĻāĻে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āύāĻļ্āĻŦā§° āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŽāϝ়ā§° āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āĻļাā§°ীā§°িāĻ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ⧰ āϏāύ্āĻŽুāĻীāύ āĻšāϝ়। āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻŽিāĻ া āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻো āĻŦিāĻļ āĻŦা āϤ্ā§°িāĻļ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ āύাāĻāĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈ āĻৈāĻে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āϏাāĻā§°āĻāύ āĻ
āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤিāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻে āĻŦা āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϤুāϞāύাāϤ 'āĻāĻŽ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻšোā§ąা' āϝেāύ āϞাāĻিāĻে।
5. Why did poet’s mother laugh at the snapshot?
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻে āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāĻāĻোāϤ āĻিā§ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- Time flies on wings. In the photograph, the poet’s mother stood with her two girl cousins at the beach. Of the three, she was the big girl about twelve or so. All the three were dressed up for the beach. Perhaps they looked quite funny in those clothes. She couldn’t help laughing the moment she looked at the snapshot. She reminded her cousins Betty and Dolly how funny they looked in those clothes.
āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻĄাāύাāϤ āĻā§°ি āϝাāϝ়। āĻĢāĻোāĻāύāϤ, āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻুāĻ āĻোā§ąাāϞী āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻাāĻ-āĻāύীā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āϤিāύিāĻāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ, āϤাāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻŦাā§° āĻŦা āϤāϤোāϧিāĻ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤিāύিāĻāĻāύে āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϞৈ āĻĒোāĻাāĻ āĻĒিāύ্āϧিāĻিāϞ। āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ąāϤঃ āϏেāĻ āĻাāĻĒোā§°āĻŦোā§°āϤ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ। āϏ্āύেāĻĒāĻļ্āĻŦāĻāĻো āĻোā§ąাā§° āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āϤাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞে। āϤাāĻ āϤাāĻā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻীāϝ় āĻাāĻ āĻŦেāĻি āĻā§°ু āĻĄāϞীāĻ āĻŽāύāϤ āĻĒেāϞাāĻ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏেāĻ āĻাāĻĒোā§°āĻŦোā§°āϤ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻিāĻŽাāύ āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ।
6. Explain ‘The sea holiday was her past, mine is her laughter’.
'āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻŦāύ্āϧāĻো āϤাāĻā§° āĻ
āϤীāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ, āĻŽোā§° āϤাāĻā§° āĻšাঁāĻšি' āĻŦুāĻাāĻāĻ।
Answer:- Time spares none. Gone are the childhood days of the poet’s mother. “The sea holiday’ became ‘her past’. The photograph flashes back to the scene that was captured about thirty years ago. Gone is the carefree laughter of the sweet girl who was just twelve or so at that time. For the poet the laughter of the mother has also become a thing of the past.
āϏāĻŽāϝ়āĻ āĻāĻো āĻā§°ি āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে। āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻļৈāĻļā§ąā§° āĻĻিāύāĻŦোā§° āĻ'āϞ। "āϏাāĻā§°ীāϝ় āĻŦāύ্āϧ' 'āϤাāĻā§° āĻ
āϤীāϤ' āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻāϞোāĻāĻিāϤ্ā§°āĻāύ āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āϤ্ā§°িāĻļ āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী āĻā§°া āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝāĻোāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ। āϏেāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāĻā§° āĻŦা āϤাāϤোāϧিāĻ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ⧰ āĻŽিāĻ া āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীā§° āύিāĻļ্āĻিāύ্āϤ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻো āĻ'āϞ। āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻšাঁāĻšিāĻ āĻ
āϤীāϤ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻে
7. ‘Both wry with the laboured ease of loss’ What is the loss? Describe the ironical situation?
'āĻ্āώāϤিā§° āĻļ্ā§°āĻŽিāĻ āϏāĻšāĻāϤাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻাāĻ āĻŦেāϝ়া' āϞোāĻāĻাāύ āĻি? āĻŦিāĻĻ্ā§°ূāĻĒাāϤ্āĻŽāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤি āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ?
Answer:- Actually both of them suffer a sense of loss. The mother loses her carefree childhood. She can’t have those moments of enjoyment again that she once experienced at the beach. She can’t be a sweet smiling girl of twelve again. This is also the poet’s loss. Perhaps she will never see that smiling face and experience her laughter again in life. The irony of the situation is that both of them struggle to bear the loss with tolerable ease.
āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤāϤে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻāύ āĻšেā§°ুāĻā§ąাā§° āĻ
āύুāĻূāϤিāϤ āĻুāĻিāĻে। āĻŽাāϤৃāϝ়ে āϤাāĻā§° āύিāĻļ্āĻিāύ্āϤ āĻļৈāĻļā§ą āĻšেā§°ুā§ąাāϝ়। āϤাāĻ āĻāĻৌ āϏেāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻোāĻā§° āĻŽুāĻšূā§°্āϤāĻŦোā§° āĻĒাāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে āϝিāĻো āϤাāĻ āĻāĻŦাā§° āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻ āĻāĻৌ āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāĻā§°ীāϝ়া āĻŽিāĻ া āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨāĻা āĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻš'āĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻ্āώāϤি। āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ąāϤঃ āϤাāĻ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āϏেāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšি āĻĨāĻা āĻŽুāĻāĻāύ āύেāĻĻেāĻিāĻŦ āĻā§°ু āĻীā§ąāύāϤ āϤাāĻā§° āĻšাঁāĻšিā§° āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤা āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻŦ। āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিāĻোā§° āĻŦিāĻĄ়āĻŽ্āĻŦāύা āĻš'āϞ āϝে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻāύে āϏāĻšāύীāϝ় āϏāĻšāĻāϤাā§°ে āϞোāĻāĻাāύ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ āĻā§°ে।
8. How did the poet’s mother die? What has he to say about this circumstance?
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻš'āϞ? āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°িāϏ্āĻĨিāϤিā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁ āĻি āĻ'āĻŦ?
Answer:- The poet’s mother has been dead years ago. She has been dead nearly as many years as she lived. The poet has nothing to say about this incident. He maintains silence. And silence leads to a deeper pall of silence and mystery.
āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻŽাāĻ āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāĻā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻŽৃāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻে। āϤাāĻ āĻীāϝ়াāĻ āĻĨāĻাā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ় āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāĻā§° āϧ⧰ি āĻŽৃāϤ āĻšৈ āĻāĻে। āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύাāϏāύ্āĻĻā§°্āĻāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§° āĻ'āĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻো āύাāĻ। āϤেāĻঁ āύীā§°ā§ąāϤা āĻŦāĻাāĻ ā§°াāĻে। āĻā§°ু āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাāĻ āύীā§°ā§ąāϤা āĻā§°ু ā§°āĻšāϏ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻীā§°āϤাāϞৈ āϞৈ āϝাāϝ়।
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