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Lesson 2
The Miller of the Dee
1. Name one collection of poetry by Charles Mackay.
(āĻাā§°্āϞāĻ āĻŽাāĻাāĻā§° āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤা āϏংāĻāϞāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা)
Ans: One collection of poetry by Charles Mackay is Voices From the Crowd.
(āĻাā§°্āϞāĻ āĻŽাāĻাāĻā§° āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤা āϏংāĻāϞāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻš’āϞ āĻāĻāĻেāĻ āĻĢ্ā§°āĻŽ āĻĻ্āϝা āĻ্ā§°াāĻāĻĻ)
2. Where did the miller live ?
(āĻŽিāϞাā§°āĻāύে āĻ’āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The miller lived beside the river Dee.
(āĻŽিāϞাā§°āĻāύে āĻĄী āύৈā§° āĻাāώāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ)
3. Why did the king want to exchange his heart with miller ?
(ā§°āĻাāĻ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšৃāĻĻā§āĻāύ āĻিā§ āĻŽিāϞাā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The king wanted to exchange his heart with the miller because he thought that the miller's heart was ligher than him. The miller sings in a loud and free voice happily while the king was sad though he was the king.
(ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻŽিāϞাā§°ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āύিāĻā§° āĻšৃāĻĻā§āĻāύ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁ āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻŽিāϞাā§°ā§° āĻšৃāĻĻā§āĻāύ āϤেāĻঁāϤāĻৈ āĻĒাāϤāϞ৷ āĻŽিāύাā§°ে āϏ্āĻĒāώ্āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻিāĻā§°ি āĻŽুāĻāϞিāĻŽāύেā§°ে āĻাāύ āĻাāĻāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু ā§°āĻাāĻāύ āϤেāĻঁ ā§°āĻা āĻšৈā§ো āĻĻুāĻ āĻŽāύেā§°ে āĻāĻিāϞ)
A. What makes the miller sing so loud and free ?
(āĻŽিāϞাā§°āĻāύে āĻিā§ āĻŽুāĻāϞিāĻŽāύেā§°ে āĻĄাāĻā§°āĻৈ āĻাāύ āĻাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: The Miller earns his bread. He loves his wife, children and friends. He doesn't borrow money that he can't pay. He is grateful to the river Dee which helps him in running his mill and helps him to feed himself and his family. These are the reasons that makes miller sing so loud and free.
(āĻŽিāϞাā§°āĻāύে āύিāĻে āĻāĻĒাā§°্āĻāύ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻĒāϤ্āύী, āϏāύ্āϤাāύ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āϏাāϧ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻেāϤিā§াāĻ āĻāĻা āϧাā§°āϞৈ āύāϞৈāĻিāϞ৷ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĄী āύāĻĻীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻৃāϤāĻ্āĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āϝিā§ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻŽিāϞāĻো āĻāϞোā§ąাāϤ āϏāĻšাā§ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āύিāĻā§° āϞāĻāϤে āĻĒā§°িā§াāϞāĻোā§° āĻাāĻĻ্āϝ āϝোāĻাāύ āϧ⧰িāĻিāϞ)
5. Explain with reference to the context.
(āĻŦাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°া) "Such men as thou are England's boast O miller of the Dee !"
Ans: The above lines are taken from the poem "The Miller of the Dee". Here, king Hal praised the miller as England's boast.
The miller is a happy and contented man who lives beside the river Dee. He sings songs loud and free voice. King Hal finds that the miller is much more haapier than him. When the king asked the miller about it, the miller replied that he live by some simple principles which makes him happy. He loves his family and friends. He doesn't borrow money which he can't pay. And he is always thankful to the river dee. After hearing that the king realized that though the miller doesn't have a huge wealth, he is still living his life in a great manner. People with such great principles are boast of England.
(āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻļাā§°ী āĻĻ্āϝা āĻŽিāϞাā§° āĻ āĻĢ্ āĻĻ্āϝা āĻĄী āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āϞোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে৷ āĻā§াāϤ āĻšāϞ ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻŽিāϞাā§°ā§° āĻĻā§°ি āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāĻ āĻংāϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻৌā§°ā§ą āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে ৷
āĻŽিāϞাā§° āĻংāϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻĄী āύāĻĻীā§° āĻĒাā§°āϤ āϏুāĻে āϏāύ্āϤোāώে āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°া āĻāĻāύ āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤি৷ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻৈ āĻŽুāĻāϞি āĻŽāύেā§°ে āĻাāύ āĻাā§৷ ā§°āĻা āĻšāϞে āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻŽিāϞাā§°āĻāύ āϤেāĻঁāϤāĻৈ āĻŦāĻšু āĻĒā§°িāĻŽাāĻŖে āϏুāĻী৷ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāώā§ে āϝেāϤিā§া ā§°āĻাāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āϏুāϧিāϞে āϤেāĻঁ āĻ’āϞে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖ āύীāϤিāύিā§āĻŽ āĻŽাāύি āĻāϞে āϝিā§ে āϤেāĻঁāĻ āϏুāĻী āĻā§°ি ā§°াāĻে৷ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āĻĒā§°িā§াāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāύ্āϧুāĻŦā§°্āĻāĻ āĻাāϞ āĻĒাā§৷ āϤেāĻঁ āύিāĻā§° āϏাāϧ্āϝ⧰ āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϤ āĻেāϤিā§াāĻ āĻāĻা āϧাā§°āϞৈ āύāϞā§৷āϤেāĻঁ āϏāĻĻাā§ āĻĄী āύāĻĻীā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻৃāϤāĻ্āĻ ৷ āĻā§া āĻļুāύাā§° āĻĒাāĻāϤ ā§°āĻাāĻ āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦ্āϧি āĻā§°িāϞে āϝে āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻŽিāϞাā§°ā§° āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻŦāĻšুāϤ āĻŦেāĻি āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āύাāĻ, āϤāĻĨাāĻĒিāĻ āϤেāĻঁ āĻীā§ąāϞāĻো āĻŽāĻšাāύāϤাā§°ে āĻীā§াāĻ āĻāĻে৷ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻāύে āĻŽāĻšাāύ āĻāĻĻā§°্āĻļā§ąাāύ āϞোāĻ āĻংāϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄā§° āĻৌā§°āĻŦ)
6. Find out four words from the poem that rhyme with 'Dee'.
(Dee ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻেāĻ āĻāύ্āĻĻāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϏāĻŽূāĻš āĻŦিāĻাā§°া)
Ans: He, be, me, thee, free, fee.