Chapter 3
How To Tell Wild Animals
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Thinking about the poem
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1. Does 'dyin' really rhyme with 'lion'? Can yo say it in such a way that it does?
ā§§/ 'āĻĄাāĻāύ' āϏঁāĻাāĻৈāϝ়ে 'āϏিংāĻš'ā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāύ্āĻĻ āĻŽিāϞাāĻāĻে āύেāĻি? āĻāύেāĻৈ āĻ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦāύে āϝে āĻ’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি?
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2. How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and the tiger? When can you do so, according to him?
⧍/ āϏিংāĻš āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻāĻ āĻিāύাāĻ্āϤ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻে? āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻŽāϤে āĻেāϤিāϝ়া āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ?
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3. Do you think the words 'lept' and 'lep' in the third stanza are spelt correctly? Why does the poet spell them like this?
ā§Š/ āϤৃāϤীāϝ় āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻā§° ‘āϞেāĻĒ্āĻ’ āĻā§°ু ‘āϞেāĻĒ’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻĻুāĻা āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧāĻৈ āĻŦাāύাāύ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦেāύে? āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāύেāĻৈ āĻŦাāύাāύ āĻā§°িāĻে āĻিāϝ়?
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4. Do you know what a 'bearhug' is? It's a friendly and strong hug- such as bears are thought to give, as they attack you! Again, hyenas are thought to laugh and crocodiles to weep ('crocodile tears') as they swallow their victims. Are there similar expressions and popular ideas about wild animals in your own language(s)?
ā§Ē/ 'āĻাāϞāĻšুāĻ' āĻি āĻাāύেāύে? āĻ āĻāĻা āĻŦāύ্āϧুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°ু āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻāϞিংāĻāύ- āϝেāύে āĻাāϞুāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŦা āĻšāϝ়, āϝিāĻĻā§°ে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻĒোāύাāĻ āĻāĻ্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āĻā§°ে! āĻāĻৌ āĻšাāϝ়েāύাāĻ āĻšাঁāĻšে āĻā§°ু āĻুāĻŽিā§°ে āĻাāύ্āĻĻে (‘āĻুāĻŽিā§°ā§° āĻāĻুāϞো’) āύিāĻā§° āĻŦāϞি āĻšোā§ąা āĻŽাāύুāĻšāĻ āĻিāϞি āĻĨাāĻোঁ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŦা āĻšāϝ়। āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻাāώা(āϏāĻŽূāĻš)āϤ āĻŦāύ্āϝāĻĒ্ā§°াāĻŖীā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻেāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°ু āĻāύāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ় āϧাā§°āĻŖা āĻāĻেāύে?
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5. Look at the line "A novice might monplus". How would you Write this correctly'? Why is the poet's 'incorrect' line batter in the poem?
5. "āĻāĻāύ āύāĻŦীāύ āĻŽāύāĻĒ্āϞাāĻ āĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে" āĻļাā§°ীāĻো āĻাāĻāĻ। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻāĻো āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻļুāĻĻ্āϧāĻৈ āϞিāĻিāĻŦ'? āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° ‘āĻুāϞ’ āϞাāĻāύ āĻŦেāĻাā§° āĻিāϝ় āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ?
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6. Can you find other examples of poets taking liberties with language, either in English or in your own languages(s)? Can you find examples of humorous poems in your own languages(s)?
ā§Ŧ/ āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻাāώাā§° āϏৈāϤে āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āϞোā§ąাā§° āĻāύ āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻংā§°াāĻীāϤ āĻšāĻāĻ āĻŦা āύিāĻā§° āĻাāώা(āϏāĻŽূāĻš)āϤ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻŦāύে? āύিāĻā§° āĻাāώা(āϏāĻŽূāĻš)āϤ āĻšাāϏ্āϝ⧰āϏāĻŽāϝ়ী āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻŦāύে?
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7. Much of the humour in the poem arises from the way languages is used, although the ideas are funny as well. If there are particular lines in the poem that you especially like, share these with the class, speaking briefly about what it is about the ideas or the languages that you like or find funny.
ā§) āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻ āϧিāĻাংāĻļ āĻšাāϏ্āϝ⧰āϏ āĻাāώা āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻĻ্āĻā§ą āĻšৈāĻে āϝāĻĻিāĻ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāĻŦোā§°ো āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া। āϝāĻĻি āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻাā§ąে āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻļাā§°ী āĻāĻে, āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻļ্āĻŦেāϝ়াā§° āĻā§°āĻ, āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻাāϞ āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦা āϧেāĻŽেāϞীāϝ়া āĻŦুāϞি āĻŦিāĻŦেāĻāύা āĻā§°া āϧাā§°āĻŖা āĻŦা āĻাāώাāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻি āĻāĻে āϏেāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽুāĻৈ āĻāĻāĻ।
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