FATHER TO SON
āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻĒিāϤৃ
TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
THINK IT OUT
āĻāĻāĻো āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°āĻ
1. Does the poem talk of an exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§ąে āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻাā§ąে āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāϤ āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ় āύে āĻ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏাā§°্āĻŦāĻāύীāύ?
Answer:- No doubt, the poet talks of an exclusively personal experience in the poem. But the poem has a fairly universal appeal. What happens between the poet and his son happens to most fathers and sons. The generation gap is so wide and differences are so deep that the gap that separates those stands as it is. Every father wishes his son would live under the same roof with him and share his beliefs and love.
āĻোāύো āϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻš āύাāĻ, āĻāĻŦিāĻāύে āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻাā§ąে āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāϤ āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏাā§°্āĻŦāĻāύীāύ āĻāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻāĻে। āĻāĻŦি āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āϝি āĻāĻে āϏেāϝ়া āĻŦেāĻিāĻাāĻ āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻā§°ু āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻ্āώেāϤ্ā§°āϤ āĻšāϝ়। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāύ্āĻŽā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϧাāύ āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻŦāĻšāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝāĻāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻীā§° āϝে āϏেāĻāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°া āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϧাāύāĻো āϝেāύেāĻৈ āĻāĻে āϤেāύেāĻৈ āĻĨিāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻāĻে। āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻāύ āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒুāϤ্ā§° āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻাāĻĻā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ু āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āĻাāĻ āĻŦāϤ⧰া āĻā§°িāĻŦ।
2. How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻ
āϏāĻšাāϝ়āϤা āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻ
āύা āĻšৈāĻে?
Answer:- Father is quite helpless. There is no dialogue between the son and the father. Silence surrounds and separates them. He doesn’t understand him and he is a stranger to him. He wants his prodigal son to return and live with him. But it remains only a wishful thinking. They remain separated as before.
āĻĻেāĻāϤা āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻ
āϏāĻšাāϝ়। āĻĒুāϤ্ā§° āĻā§°ু āĻĒিāϤৃā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻোāύো āϏংāϞাāĻĒ āύাāĻ। āύীā§°ā§ąে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻāĻুā§°ি āϧ⧰ে āĻā§°ু āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ে। āϤেāĻঁ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŦুāĻি āύাāĻĒাāϝ় āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ
āĻিāύাāĻি। āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦ্āϝāϝ়ী āĻĒুāϤ্ā§° āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšে āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻāĻো āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻāĻা āĻāĻ্āĻাāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻšৈ āĻāĻে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻāĻā§° āĻĻā§°েāĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻে।
3. Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son?
āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻā§°ু āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻĻূā§°āϤ্āĻŦ āϏূāĻিāϤ āĻā§°া āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļ āĻā§°ু āĻļাā§°ীāĻŦোā§° āĻিāύাāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύেāĻি?
Answer:- The following phrases bring out the deep differences that separate both of them:
i) ‘I don’t understand this child’ (stanza 1)
ii) ‘I know nothing of him’ (stanza 2)
iii) ‘We speak like strangers’ (stanza 2)
iv) ‘....What he loves, I can’t share’(stanza 2)
v) ‘Silence surrounds us’ (stanza 3)
vi) ‘He speaks, I can’t understand’ (stanza 4)
āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻিāϤ āĻŦাāĻ্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāĻীā§° āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§° āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύে āϝি āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻাāĻে āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ে:
āĻ) 'āĻŽāĻ āĻāĻ āĻļিāĻļুāĻো āĻŦুāĻি āύাāĻĒাāĻঁ' (āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ 1)
āĻ) 'āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻো āύাāĻাāύো' (āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ ā§¨)
āĻ) 'āĻāĻŽি āĻ
āĻিāύাāĻি āϞোāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻĨা āĻāĻঁ' (āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ 2)
āĻ) '...। āϤেāĻঁ āĻি āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়, āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻ āĻŦāϤ⧰া āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ো'(āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ 2)
āĻ) 'āύীā§°ā§ąāϤাāĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻুā§°ি āϧ⧰িāĻে' (āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ ā§Š)
āĻ) 'āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়, āĻŽāĻ āĻŦুāĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ো' (āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻ 4)
4. Does the poem have a consistent rhyme scheme?
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻāĻা āϧাā§°াāĻŦাāĻšিāĻ āĻāĻĄ়া āĻঁāĻāύি āĻāĻে āύেāĻি?
Answer:- Definitely, the poem has a consistent rhyme scheme. Every stanza consists of six lines having the rhyme scheme a,b,b,a,b,a.
āύিāĻļ্āĻিāϤāĻাā§ąে, āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻāĻা āϧাā§°াāĻŦাāĻšিāĻ āĻāĻĄ়া āĻঁāĻāύি āĻāĻে। āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāϤ āĻāϝ়āĻা āĻļাā§°ী āĻĨাāĻে āϝ'āϤ āĻāĻĄ়া āĻঁāĻāύি āĻ,āĻŦি,āĻŦি, āĻ,āĻŦি,āĻ āĻĨাāĻে।
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
āĻāĻŽু āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§°ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ
1. Why is the father unhappy and what is his problem?
āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻিāϝ় āĻ
āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝা āĻি?
Answer:- The father is unhappy. His problem is that he has no dialogue with his son. They don’t understand each other and are like strangers. Though they lived under the same roof, they have nothing common in them. Their outlook and temperament are so different that they remain separated from each other.
āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻ
āϏāύ্āϤুāώ্āĻ। āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϝাāĻো āĻš'āϞ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻোāύো āĻŦাā§°্āϤাāϞাāĻĒ āύাāĻ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āĻŦুāĻি āύাāĻĒাāϝ় āĻā§°ু āĻ
āĻিāύাāĻি āϞোāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে। āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻাāĻĻā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻো āϏāĻā§°াāĻā§° āύাāĻ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĻৃāώ্āĻিāĻংāĻী āĻā§°ু āϏ্āĻŦāĻাā§ą āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϝে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻে।
2. Why does the father want to build a relationship with the son?
āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻিāϝ় āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে?
Answer:- There is literally no dialogue between the father and the son. They don’t understand each other. Inspite of their living under the same roof for years, they are strangers to each other. So the helpless father wants to build a relationship with his estranged son.
āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻā§°ু āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻāĻ্āώ⧰িāĻ āĻাā§ąে āĻোāύো āϏংāϞাāĻĒ āύাāĻ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύāĻ āĻŦুāĻি āύাāĻĒাāϝ়। āĻŦāĻšু āĻŦāĻā§° āϧ⧰ি āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻাāĻĻā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°া āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ
āĻিāύাāĻি। āĻāϤিāĻে āĻ
āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦিāĻ্āĻিāύ্āύ āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে।
3. How did the father feel helpless inspite of the fact that the son is built to his design?
āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻো āϤেāĻঁā§° āύāĻ্āϏাāϤ āύিā§°্āĻŽিāϤ āĻšোā§ąা āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻ
āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- Physically, the son is built up as his father wished him to be. But this similarity is deceptive. The father feels helpless as he is like a stranger to his son. They can’t talk to each other. Nor have they any kind of understanding between them.
āĻļাā§°ীā§°িāĻāĻাā§ąে, āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻŦিāĻā§°া āϧ⧰āĻŖে āĻāĻĸ়ি āϤুāϞিāĻে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻ āϏাāĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝ āĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āϤাā§°āĻŖাāĻŽূāϞāĻ। āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻ
āϏāĻšাāϝ় āĻ
āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°ে āĻিāϝ়āύো āϤেāĻঁ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻ
āĻিāύাāĻি। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻāύে āϏিāĻāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে। āĻŦা āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻোāύো āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āύাāĻ।
4. What does the father think of his ‘prodigal’ son?
āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° 'āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦ্āϝāϝ়ী' āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻি āĻাāĻŦে?
Answer:- The father is in a mood to forgive his son. He wants that his prodigal son may return to his father ‘s house and start living under the same roof with him. He doesn’t want that he should create and live in the world of his own.
āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āĻ্āώāĻŽা āĻā§°াā§° āĻŽেāĻাāĻāϤ āĻāĻে। āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦ্āϝāϝ়ী āĻĒুāϤ্ā§° āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻাāĻĻā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°ু āĻীāϝ়াāĻ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।
5. Does the father want his son to lead an independent life? Give your comments.
āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύ āĻীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°াāĻো āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āύেāĻি? āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
Answer:- No, the father wants his prodigal son to return to his father’s house. He should not ‘move’ out and ‘make’ his own world. The father doesn’t want the son to lead an independent life. On the other hand, he wants him to live under the same roof and share his love and beliefs.
āύāĻšāϝ়, āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ
āĻĒāĻŦ্āϝāϝ়ী āĻĒুāϤ্ā§° āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻā§°āϞৈ āĻূā§°ি āĻāĻšāĻ। āϤেāĻঁ 'āϏ্āĻĨাāύাāύ্āϤ⧰' āĻā§°া āĻāĻিāϤ āύāĻšāϝ় āĻā§°ু āύিāĻā§° āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāĻāύ 'āĻŦāύাāĻŦ' āύাāϞাāĻে। āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύ āĻীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°াāĻো āύিāĻŦিāĻাā§°ে। āĻāύāĻšাāϤে, āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻাāĻĻā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŽ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻ āĻŦāϤ⧰া āĻā§°āĻ।
6. ‘...... we must live on the same globe and the same land’. Explain the significance of these lines.
'...... āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻূāĻŽিāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ'। āĻāĻ āĻļাā§°ীāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϤাā§āĻĒā§°্āϝ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°āĻ।
Answer:- The father wants to convince his estranged son. Inspite of their deep differences, they must live on the same globe. They will have to live in the same world. Living together in the same world, it becomes necessary that they should develop mutual understanding. They should build up a relationship between them.
āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŦিāĻ্āĻিāύ্āύ āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻāĻীā§° āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ āĻĨāĻা āϏ্āĻŦāϤ্āĻŦেāĻ, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻেāĻা āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϞাāĻিāĻŦ। āĻāĻেāĻāύ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϤ āĻāĻেāϞāĻে āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ি, āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻĒাā§°āϏ্āĻĒā§°িāĻ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦুāĻি āĻŦিāĻাāĻļ āĻā§°াāĻো āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ় āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒā§°্āĻ āĻāĻĸ়ি āϤুāϞিāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।
7. ‘Father to son’ doesn’t talk of an exclusive personal experience only but it has a fairly universal appeal. Justify this statement.
āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°ā§° āĻĒিāϤৃāϝ়ে āĻেā§ąāϞ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāϤ āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻāĻĨা āύāĻāϝ় āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāϝ়াā§° āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏাā§°্āĻŦāĻāύীāύ āĻāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻāĻে। āĻāĻ āĻŽāύ্āϤāĻŦ্āϝāĻো āύ্āϝাāϝ়āϏāĻ্āĻāϤ āĻā§°āĻ।
Answer:- In the poem the poet does talk of an exclusive personal experience. He talks about the deep differences that separate both of them. But the poem does have a universal appeal. The father and the son represent the generation gap that separates every father and every son in every family.
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻāϤ āĻ
āĻিāĻ্āĻāϤাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻāϝ়। āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻীā§° āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāϝ় āϝিāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻে āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ে। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻāĻা āϏাā§°্āĻŦāĻāύীāύ āĻāĻŦেāĻĻāύ āĻāĻে। āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻā§°ু āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāύ্āĻŽā§° āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāϧাāύāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāύিāϧিāϤ্āĻŦ āĻā§°ে āϝি āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻĒā§°িāϝ়াāϞ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻāύ āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻāύ āĻĒুāϤ্ā§°āĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻā§°ে।
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