Lesson 9
Amanda
Summary of the poem..
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻŽূāϞāĻাā§ą)
The poem tells us about a young age girl Amanda who Love to live in her imaginary life. She used to do lat of mistakes for which her mother scold her. She is first painted out by her mother for biting her nails and for not sitting in the right pasture. Being a lazy individual Amanda imagines herself as a mermaid who lives a calm and relaxing life in the beautiful green sea. Further, she is nagged for not cleaning her room and shoes and also not doing her homework. Then she imagines herself to be an arphan because she is now fed up of being watched by her parents continuously. She says that she would have enjoyed hes freedom then, by making the patterns of her freedom then, by making the patterns of her bore feet on the sand and would live peaceful life next, Amanda is scalded for not listening to her mother, So now Amanda thinks of being Rapunzel, a character from a faiey tale and wants to live in a huge tawer like her. In the tower she will never allow anyone to come in. Finally, the mother asks her to step being moody because she doesnot want anyone to blame her for harassing her daughter. At this time the poet has not written any reaction from Amandas side. This constant nagging has made her so sad that she has ever stopped to imagine herself as someone else. She used to do so in order to escape from the continuous harassment and dominance of her parents.
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻāĻāύী āϏ⧰ু āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে। āϝিā§ে āύিāĻā§° āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা ā§°াāĻ্āϝāϤ āĻĨাāĻি। āϤাāĻ āϏāĻāύাāĻ āĻā§°া āĻূāϞāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽাāĻে āϤাāĻāĻ āĻŦā§° āĻāĻ āĻā§°ে। āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϤাāĻāĻ āĻŽাāĻে āύāĻ āĻাāĻŽুā§°া āĻā§°ু āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āϞāĻŦāĻšাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāϞি āĻĒাā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻāϞেāĻšুā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤিā§° āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাāĻ āύিāĻāĻে āĻāϞāĻĒā§°ীā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝিā§ে āϏাāĻā§°āϤ āĻāĻ āĻā§°াāĻŽāĻĻাā§āĻ āĻীā§ąāύ āĻāĻাāĻ। āĻĒাāĻāϞৈ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϤাāĻāĻ āĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻ āĻā§°িāĻে āϤাāĻ āύিāĻā§° āĻৃāĻšāĻাā§°্āϝ্āϝ, āĻোāϤা āĻেāĻŖ্āĻĄেāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻোāĻ া āĻাāĻĢা āύāĻā§°াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāĻāĻŦাā§° āϤাāĻ āύিāĻāĻে āĻŽাāĻ ā§°া āĻŦুāϞি āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻে āĻিā§āύো āϤাāĻ āύিāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻĒাāĻāĻে। āĻŽাāĻā§°া āĻšৈ āϤাāĻ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāĻাā§ąে āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻীā§ąāύ āĻĒাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦ āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāϞিāϤ āύিāĻā§° āĻā§°িā§° āĻাāĻĒ ā§°াāĻিāĻŦ। āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাāĻ āĻŽাāĻে āĻāĻĨা āύুāĻļুāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāϞি āĻĒাā§°িāĻে।āϤেāϤিā§া āϤাāĻ āύিāĻāĻে ā§°ুāĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞে āĻā§°ু āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŦিāĻļাāϞ āĻাā§ąāύāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻā§ąāύāϤ āϤাāĻ āĻ āĻāϞে āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖāĻাāĻŦে āĻā§°ু āĻাāĻো āϏোāĻŽাāĻŦ āύিāĻĻিā§ে। āĻāϤিā§া āϤাāĻāĻ āĻŽাāĻে āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύাāĻāĻে āϝাāϤে āϤাāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻুāĻŽুāĻ া āĻšৈ āύাāĻĨাāĻে āĻিā§āύো āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻোā§ąাāϞীā§° āĻĻোāώ⧰ āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻāύāĻ āĻāĻā§°ীā§া āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύিāĻŦিāĻাā§°ে। āĻāĻāĻŦাā§°ে āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাā§° āĻোāύো āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্ā§°িā§া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°া āύাāĻ, āĻিā§āύো āĻŽাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒোā§ąা āĻāϞিā§ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽāύāĻো āĻŦেā§া āĻā§°ি āϤুāϞিāϞে। āϤাāĻ āĻŽাāĻĨো āĻā§°ā§° āĻāϞিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাāĻিāĻŦā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āύিāĻāĻে āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āĻŦেāϞেāĻ ā§°ূāĻĒāϤ āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
Thinking about the poem
(āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻাāĻŦা)
1. How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this?
( āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাā§° āĻŦā§āϏ āĻিāĻŽাāύ? āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦā§āϏ⧰ āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āĻাāύিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞে?)
Ans:- Amanda could be a Child of ten or twelve years old who loves in a fancy world.
Her age could be guessed by the references she gives about the mermaid and Rapunzel. These stories are read by children of ten or twelve years.
(āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাā§° āĻŦā§āϏ āĻĻāĻšā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻĨāĻি āĻাāϞ āĻĒাā§।
āϤাāĻā§° āĻŦā§āϏ⧰ āϧাā§°āĻŖা āϤাāĻ āĻĻিā§া āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖāĻŦোā§° āϝেāύে āĻŽাā§°āĻŽেāĻāĻĄ ā§°āĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ āĻāĻĻিā§° āĻĒā§°াāĻ āĻĒাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি। āĻāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻŦোā§° āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻĻāĻšā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŦাā§° āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āϞ’ā§°া āĻোā§ąাā§ąীā§ে āĻĒāĻĸ়ে।)
2. Who do you think is speaking to her?
(āϤোāĻŽাā§° āĻŽāϤে āϤাāĻ āĻাā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĨা āĻĒাāϤিāĻে? )
Ans:- One of his parents is speaking to her, most probably it is her , mother. In a traditional household mother is held responsible for the conduct of child.
( āϤাāĻ āύিāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻ-āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻুāĻāĻŦ āϏāĻŽ্āĻā§ą āĻŽাāĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĨা āĻĒāϤি āĻāĻে। āĻĒā§°āĻŽāĻĒā§°াāĻāϤ āĻাā§ąে āĻāĻāύ āĻā§°āϤ āϏāύ্āϤাāύ⧰ āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻŽাāĻেāĻ āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°ে।)
3. Why are stanzas 2, 4 and 6 given in parenthesis?
(⧍, ā§Š āĻā§°ু ā§Ŧ āύং āϏ্āϤ⧰āĻেāĻāĻা āĻিā§ āĻĒেā§°েāύ্āĻāĻĨেāĻিāĻ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨা āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰াāϞ āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻĻিā§া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। )
Ans:- Stanzas 2, 4 and 6 are given in parenthesis because they reflect the inner thaughts og Amanda. As parenthesis is a remark after used to provide an explaination.
(⧍, ā§Ē āĻā§°ু ā§Ŧ āύং āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāĻো āĻ āύ্āϤ⧰াāϞāϤ āĻĻিā§া āĻāĻে āĻিā§āύো āĻāĻ āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāĻেāĻāĻাāĻ āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাā§° āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻাā§ą āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°িāĻে। āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻŦā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻšā§।)
4. Who is the speaker in stanzas 2, 4, 6? Do you think this speaker is listening to the speaker in stanzas 1, 3, 5 and 7?
(⧍, ā§Ē āĻā§°ু ā§Ŧ āύংāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāϤ āĻোāύে āĻŦāĻ্āϤা āĻšā§? āĻŦāĻ্āϤাāĻ ā§§, ā§Š, ā§Ģ āĻā§°ু ā§ āύং āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻā§° āĻŦāĻ্āϤাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻļুāύিāĻে āύে?
Ans:- In Stanzas, 2, 4 and 6 Amanda is the speaker paid no attention to her mother’s words. She is last in her own thaughts. She imagines herself as a mermaid, an arphan and Rapunzel.
(⧍, ā§Ē āĻā§°ু ā§Ŧ āύং āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻā§° āĻŦāĻ্āϤা āĻš’āϞ āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻা āϝিā§ে āϤাāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻā§° āĻāĻĨাāϤ āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāύ āĻā§°া āύাāĻ। āύিāĻā§° āĻাā§ąāύাāϤ āĻŦুā§° āĻৈ āύিāĻāĻে āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ ā§°ূāĻĒ āϝেāύে āĻāϞāĻĒā§°ী, āĻŽাāĻā§°া, ā§°ূāĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ āĻāĻĻি ā§°ূāĻĒে āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°ি āĻāĻে।
5. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
( āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻা āϝāĻĻি āĻāϞāĻĒā§°ী āĻš’āϞ āĻšā§ āϤেāϤিā§া āϤাāĻ āĻি āĻā§°িāϞে āĻšā§?)
Ans:- The beauty of emerald sea has captured Amanda’s attention. Thus she wants to be a mermaid and thinks of a relax life with her own freedom in the sea.
(āϏাāĻā§°ā§° āϏৌāύ্āĻĻā§°্āϝ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাāĻ āĻāĻāώিāϤ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϏেā§ে āϤাāĻ āĻāϞāĻĒā§°ী āĻšৈ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāĻিāϤীā§া āĻাā§ąে āϏাāĻā§°āϤ āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°াā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ।)
6. Is Amanda on orphan? Why does she say so?
(āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻা āĻ āύাāĻĨ āĻšā§ āύেāĻি? āϤাāĻ āĻিā§ āύিāĻāĻে āϤেāύেāĻৈ āĻৈāĻে?)
Ans:- No Amanda is not an orphan, because she is painted out repeatedly by one of her parents. The continuaus nagging and scolding of her parents makes her to say that she is an orphan. She feels that it would have seen much better and peaceful if she have been an orphan.
(āύাāĻ āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻা āϏাāĻā§°া āύāĻšā§ āĻিā§āύো āϤাāĻ āϏāĻāύাāĻ āĻŽাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻাāϞি āĻļুāύিāĻŦ āϞāĻা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ। āϝাā§° āĻŦাā§°ে āϤাāĻ āύিāĻāĻে āϏাāĻā§°া āĻŦুāϞি āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻিā§āύো āϤেāϤিā§া āϤাāĻ āĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āύুāĻļুāύাāĻৈ āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻাā§ąে āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ।
Do you know the story of Rupunzel? Why does she want to be Rapunzel ?
āϤুāĻŽি ā§°āĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ⧰ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻো āĻাāύাāύে? āϤাāĻ āĻিā§ ā§°āĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ āĻšāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Ans:- Rapunzel is a story about a girl who is captured by an old with in a tower. The old witch climbs up the tower with the help of Rapunzel's very long hair which she lets down for her through a window of the tower. One day a prince visits her by climbing the tower with the help of her long hair. When the witch comes to know this, she separates both of them. But both Rapunzel and Prince meet after a gap of many years and then live their life happily. Amanda wants to be Rapunzel because she knew that in the story , there was no staircase to enter the tower . It was only possible with the help of Rapunzel's long hair that she would let down to help others to climb. Amanda feels that life in the tower will be very calm and nice and also makes it a point to never let her hair down for anyone as she doesn't want to get disturbed by visitors.
ā§°āĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ āĻāĻāύী āĻোā§ąাāϞী āĻāĻিāϞ āϝাāĻ āĻŦুā§ী āϝāĻিāύী āĻāĻāύীā§ে āĻāĻা āĻā§ąāύāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āĻā§°ি ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ। ā§°āĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ⧰ āĻুāϞিāϤ āϧ⧰ি āĻŦুā§ীāĻāύীā§ে āĻā§ąāύāĻোā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻ ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻĻিāύ āĻāĻāύ ā§°াāĻāĻুāĻŽাā§° āϤাāĻā§° āĻুāϞিāϤ āϧ⧰ি āĻā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻ ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ। āϝāĻিāύীāĻāύীā§ে ā§°াāĻāĻুāĻŽাā§° āĻā§°ু ā§°āĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞāĻ āĻঁāϤ⧰াāĻ ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻিāĻুāĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻĻুā§ো āĻāĻāϞāĻে āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻা ā§°āĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻšāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ, āĻিā§āύো āϤাāĻ āĻাāύিāĻিāϞ āϝে āϏাāϧুāĻোāϤ āĻā§ąāύ⧰ āĻāĻĒā§°āϞৈ āĻāĻ ি āϝাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻোāύো āĻāĻāĻāĻী āύাāĻিāϞ। ā§°āĻĒাāĻ্āĻāϞ⧰ āĻুāϞিāϤ āϧ⧰িāĻšে āĻā§ąāύāϤ āĻāĻ িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি। āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাāĻ āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻā§ąāύ⧰ āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻীā§ąāύāĻো āĻā§°াāĻŽāĻĻাā§āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻļাāύ্āϤিāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻšāĻŦ āϝিāĻšেāϤু āĻā§ąāύāϞৈ āĻোāύো āĻŽাāύুāĻš āύিāĻ āĻāĻ্āĻা āĻŽāϤে āĻ āĻšা āϝোā§ąা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāĻŦ।
8. What does the girl yearn for? What does this poem tell you about Amanda?
āĻোā§ąাāϞীāĻāύীā§ে āĻি āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻে? āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§ąে āϤোāĻŽাāĻ āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাā§° āĻŦিāώā§ে āĻি āĻৈāĻে?
The girl Amanda yearns for freedom and peace in her life. She is constantly reminded of her mistakes. Her parents want her to follow the code of conduct of good behaviour. They are doing so because they want their child to be well mannered and obedient. But while doing this they forget that she is a child and should be allowed some freedom. The poet has drawn the reader's attention towards the condition of children who are constantly oppressed by their elders in the name of good behaviour.
āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাā§° āĻŽāύে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻā§°ু āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻাāĻŽāύা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āύিāĻā§° āĻীā§ąāύāϤ। āϤাāĻāĻ āϏāĻāϞো āϏāĻŽā§āϤে āĻুāϞāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāϞি āĻĒাā§°ি āĻĨাāĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻāĻ āĻŽাāĻ āĻŽাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āĻাāϞ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻĻেāĻļ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ। āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাāĻ āϝাāϤে āĻাāϞāĻĻā§°ে āĻীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϏেāĻ āĻাāĻŦিā§েāĻ āĻāĻĨাāĻŦোā§° āĻৈāĻিāϞ, āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāύে āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āϝাāĻঁāϤে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻĒাāĻšā§°ি āĻৈāĻিāϞ āϝে āϤাāĻ āĻāĻāύী āϏ⧰ু āĻোā§ąাāϞী āϝাāĻ āĻ āϞāĻĒ āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাā§° āĻĒ্ā§°ā§োāĻāύ। āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻĻā§°াāĻāϞāϤে āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻাā§° āĻā§°িā§āϤে āĻĒাāĻ āĻā§° āĻĻৃāώ্āĻি āĻāĻā§°্āώāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻে āĻিāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒিāϤৃ āĻŽাāϤৃā§ে āĻাāϞ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āύাāĻŽāϤ āĻাāϞি āĻļāĻĒāύি āĻĒাā§°িāĻিāϞ।
9. Read the last stanza. Do you think Amanda is sulking and moody?
āĻļেāώ⧰ āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāĻো āĻĒā§ি, āϞিāĻাāĻোāύ āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻা āĻĻā§°াāĻāϞāϤে āĻāĻĻাāϏ āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻোā§ąাāϞী āύেāĻি?
No Amanda is neither sulking nor moody. She is simply not interested enough in the nagging business of her parents. Amanda cares more about her imagination anf thought process over the manners her parents are trying to inculcate into her.
āύāĻšā§ āĻāĻŽাāύ্āĻĻা āĻāĻĻাāϏ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦা āĻোāĻŽোāĻ া āĻŽāύ⧰ āĻোā§ąাāϞী āύāĻšā§। āϤাāĻ āĻŽাāĻĨো āĻŽাāĻ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻāĻĻেāĻļā§° āĻĒ্āϰāϤি āĻ āύিāĻšা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°ে। āĻিā§āύো āϤাāĻ āĻŽাāĻĨো āύিāĻā§° āĻāϞ্āĻĒāύা āĻāĻāϤāĻāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻšে āϏāĻেāϤāύ āĻāĻিāϞ।
Angamitra Dutta
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āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ āϞিংāĻ āĻোāϤ āĻ্āϞিāĻ āĻā§°āĻ đ
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