Lesson: 5
Casabianca
Exercise
1. What were the main themes of Felicia Hemans' poetry ?
(āĻĢেāϞিāĻিā§া āĻšিāĻŽাāύāĻā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώ⧠āĻি āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Main themes of Felicia Heman's poetry was nature, childhood, travels and heroic stories.
(āĻĢেāϞিāĻিā§া āĻšিāĻŽাāύāĻā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻŽূāϞ āĻŦিāώ⧠āĻāĻিāϞ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤি, āĻļৈāĻļā§ą, āϝাāϤ্ā§°া āĻā§°ু āϏাāĻšāϏীāĻāϤাā§° āĻাāĻšিāύী)
2. Where was Casabianca standing ?
(āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻা āĻ’āϤ āĻĨিā§ āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: Casabianca was standing on the burning deck.
( āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻা āĻুāĻā§°ে āĻāĻুā§°ি āĻĨāĻা āĻĄেāĻāϤ āĻĨিā§ āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ)
3. Why could his father not hear his voice ?
(āϤাā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤাā§° āĻŽাāϤ āĻিā§ āĻļুāύা āύাāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: His father could not hear his voice because he was fainted.
(āϤাā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āϤাā§° āĻŽাāϤ āĻļুāύা āύাāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁ āĻāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽূā§°্āĻা āĻৈāĻিāϞ)
4. What did the people in the ship do when it caught fire? What did Casabianca do then ?
(āĻাāĻšাāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻুāĻ āϞāĻা āĻĻেāĻি āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ? āϤাā§° āϏāϞāύি āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻাāĻ āĻি āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?)
Ans: When it caught fire the people in the ship fled. But Casabianca was standing there bravely instead of running away.
(āĻাāĻšাāĻāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻŦোā§°ে āĻুāĻ āϞāĻা āĻĻেāĻি āĻĒāϞাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ৷ āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻাāĻ āϤাā§° āϏāϞāύি āϏেāĻ āĻ াāĻāϤ āĻĒāϞোā§ąাā§° āϏāϞāύি āϏাāĻšāϏেā§°ে ā§°ৈ āĻāĻিāϞ)
5. What does the poet describe Casabianca standing in the fire ?
(āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻাā§° āĻĨিā§ āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻাāĻো āĻেāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻĻিāĻে?)
Ans: The poet described that Casabianca was standing in the fire in a beautiful and brave manner as if he was born to rule the storm. He was a heroic creature though he was a young little boy.
(āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻৈāĻে āϝে āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻা āĻুāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āϏুāύ্āĻĻā§°āĻৈ āϏাāĻšāϏেā§°ে āĻāύেāĻĻā§°ে ā§°ৈ āĻāĻিāϞ āϝেāύ āϤাā§° āĻāύ্āĻŽ āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাāĻ āĻā§ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻšে āĻšৈāĻে৷āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϏি āĻāĻা āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ āϏি āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āϏাāĻšāϏী āĻāĻিāϞ)
6. Why does the poet call the young heart the 'noblest thing'?
(āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻিā§ āϏ⧰ু āĻšৃāĻĻā§āĻāύāĻ āϏ⧰্āĻŦোāϤ্āϤāĻŽ āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে?)
Ans: The poet calls the young heart the 'noblest thing' because though he was a little boy, Casabianca was truly committed to his duties like a noble man. Everyone fled from the place but he stood there bravely waiting for his father's words.
(āĻāĻŦিā§ে āϏ⧰ু āĻšৃāĻĻā§āĻāύāĻ āϏ⧰্āĻŦোāϤ্āϤāĻŽ āĻŦāϏ্āϤু āĻŦুāϞি āĻৈāĻে āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϏি āĻāĻāύ āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°া,āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻা āϤাā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻā§°্āĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻāĻāύ āϏাāĻšāϏী āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§° āĻĻā§°েāĻ āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦāĻļীāϞ āĻāĻিāϞ৷āϏāĻāϞো āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻ াāĻāĻিāύিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻĒāϞাāĻ āĻৈāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤ āϏি āϤাāϤ āϏাāĻšāϏেā§°ে ā§°ৈ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰āϞৈ āĻŦাāϤ āĻাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ)
7.Describe the scene of the burning ship.
(āĻুāĻāϞāĻা āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻĻিā§া)
Ans: The ship caught a massive fire and its flames were rolling on swiftly. The flames caught the ship in wild splendour. The fire was getting big like flags in the sky. Then there was a bursting sound like thunder and the fragments of the ship was strewed in the sea.
(āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύāϤ āĻুāĻŦ āĻā§ংāĻā§° āĻুāĻ āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻļিāĻাāĻŦোā§° āϤীāĻŦ্ā§°āϤাā§°ে āĻŦিā§āĻĒি āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ৷ āĻাāĻšাāĻāĻāύ āĻুāĻā§ে āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻাāĻŽāĻাā§ąে āĻ্ā§°াāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ৷āĻুāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻাāĻļāϤ āĻĒāϤাāĻা āĻā§°াā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĄাāĻā§°āĻৈ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻিāϞ৷ āϤাāϤ āĻĸেā§°েāĻāύিā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻাāĻšাāĻā§° āĻুāĻুā§°াāĻŦোā§° āϏাāĻā§°āϤ āϏিāĻঁā§°āϤি āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ)
8. Explain with reference to the context.
(āĻŦাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°া)
"Upon his brow he felt their breath,
And in his waving hair;
And looked from that lone post of death,
In still, yet brave despair."
Ans: The above stanza is extracted from the poem named "Casabianca" written by poet Felicia Heman.
In this stanza the poet is describing the bravery of Casabianca in the time of the massive fire that caught the ship.
Casabianca was a little boy who was standing in the burning deck of the ship waiting for his father's words. He was committed towards the work given to him and would not move until his father order. He was asking his father whether he could move but the father, who was fainted did not answered Casabianca, being a brave boy did not get away from the place though he felt the warm wind of the flames upon his brow. The situation of the ship was getting dangerous. His hair was waving by the high flames that was approaching him. Instead of his father, the fire flames replied as it grew massive. The fire almost caught the little boy but still one more time he asked his father to reply. His body was slowly on the verge of getting burnt but he held up his brave heart till the last.
(āĻāĻĒā§°োāĻ্āϤ āĻĻāĻĢাāĻো āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻা āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻিā§° āĻĒā§°া āϞোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে৷ āĻā§াāϤ āĻāĻŦিā§ে āĻাāĻšাāĻāϤ āĻুāĻ āϞāĻাā§° āϏāĻŽā§āϤ āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻাā§° āϏাāĻšāϏিāĻāϤাā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে৷
āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻা āĻāĻা āϏ⧰ু āϞ’ā§°া āĻāĻিāϞ āϝি āĻুāĻ āϞāĻা āĻাāĻšাāĻā§° āĻĄেāĻāϤ āĻĨিā§ āĻšৈ āĻāĻিāϞ৷ āϏি āϤাāĻ āĻĻিā§া āĻাāĻŽā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤি āĻĻাā§িāϤ্āĻŦāĻļীāϞ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻে āύোāĻোā§ąাāϞৈāĻে āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϤঁā§° āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ৷ āϏি āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāϤঁā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āύেāĻি āϏুāϧি āĻāĻিāϞ āĻিāύ্āϤ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ,āϝি āĻāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻŽূā§°্āĻা āĻৈāĻে āĻোāύো āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিā§া āύাāĻিāϞ৷ āĻাāĻাāĻŦিā§াāύāĻা āύাāĻŽā§° āϏাāĻšāϏী āϞ’ā§°াāϤো āϤাā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ āĻāĻŖāĻŽাāύো āϞ⧰āĻā§° āĻšোā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ āϝāĻĻিঃ āϏি āĻŦাā§ি āĻ āĻšা āĻুāĻā§° āĻāϤ্āϤাāĻĒ āύিāĻā§° āĻāĻĒাāϞ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻিāϞ৷ āĻাāĻšাāĻā§° āĻ ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা āĻ āϤ্āϝāύ্āϤ āĻŦিāĻĒāĻ্āĻāύāĻ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ৷ āϤাā§° āĻুāϞিāĻŦোā§° āϤাāĻ āĻāĻুā§°ি āϧ⧰া āĻুāĻā§ে āĻঁāĻĒাāĻ āϤুāϞিāĻিāϞ৷ āϤাā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻā§° āϏāϞāύি āĻুāĻā§° āĻļিāĻাāĻŦোā§°েāĻšে āĻĻāĻĒāĻĻāĻĒাāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻিāϞ৷ āĻুāĻā§ে āϤাāĻ āĻāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻĒ্ā§°াā§ে āĻāĻুā§°ি āϧ⧰িāĻিāϞ āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϏি āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻļেāώāĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻāĻ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻৈāĻিāϞ৷āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϤাā§° āĻļā§°ীā§°āĻো āϞাāĻšে āϞাāĻšে āĻĒুā§°িāĻŦ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϏি āĻļেāώāϞৈāĻে āϏাāĻšāϏ āĻšেā§°ুā§ąা āύাāĻিāϞ)
9. Give rhyming words for the following.
(āĻāύ্āĻĻāϝুāĻ্āϤ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϞিāĻা)
Ans: deck,: wreck, form: storm, done :son, cried: replied, breath: death, aloud: shroud , fair: hair ,sky: high
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āĻŦেāϞেāĻ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĒাāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻ āϞিংāĻ āĻোāϤ āĻ্āϞিāĻ āĻā§°āĻ
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Himadri Borah
(M.A in English)
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