Lesson 15
The Arrow and the song
EXERCISE
1. Write the full name of H. W. long fellow ?
H. W. long fellow ā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āύাāĻŽ āϞিāĻা ?
Ans: The full name of H.W. long fellow is Henry Wods worth long fellow.
2. Who can follow the light of a song ?
(āĻোāύে āĻীāϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে।)
Ans: Only who has keen and strong right can follow the flight of a song.
āĻীāϤ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āϝাā§° āϤীāĻ্āώ্āĻŖ āĻā§°ু āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻ āϧিāĻাā§° āĻāĻে।
3. Where did the poet find the arrow ?
(āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻাāĻĄ় āĻĄাāϞ āĻāϤ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ ?)
Ans: The poet found the arrow in an Oak tree.
āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻাঁāĻĄ়āĻĄাāϞ āĻāĻা āĻāĻ āĻāĻāϤ āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ।
4. Why didn’t the poet know where the arrow fell ?
(āĻāϰিāϝ়ে āĻাāĻĄ āĻĄাāϞ āĻāϤ āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ āĻিāϝ় āĻāύা āύাāĻিāϞ ?)
Ans: The arrow flew so swiftly that the sight could not follow its flight so the poet didn’t know where it fell.
āĻাঁāĻĄ়āĻĄাāϞ āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻŦেāĻেā§°ে āĻā§°ি āĻ’āϞ āϝে āĻĻৃāĻļ্āϝāĻোā§ąে āϤাā§° āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻ āύুāϏ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞে āĻāϤিāĻে āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āύাāĻাāύিāϞে āϝে āĻ āĻ’āϤ āĻĒā§°িāϞ৷
5. What does the poet actually mean by the arrow” and the song” ?
(āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻĒ্āϰāĻৃāϤāϤে ‘āĻাāĻĄ়’ āĻā§°ু “āĻীāϤ” ā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻি āĻ āϰ্āĻĨ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাāĻļ āĻā§°িāĻে ?)
Ans: By the term “The arrow and the song’ poet means all the trivial deeds we do, think or say. It goes swiftly like an arrow or sung without any reason like a song but it also has a great value what we never feel and try to understand.
“āĻাঁāĻĄ় āĻā§°ু āĻীāϤ’ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻোā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽি āĻā§°া, āĻāĻŦা āĻŦা āĻোā§ąা āϏāĻāϞো āϤুāĻ্āĻ āĻাāĻŽāĻে āĻŦুāĻাāϝ়। āĻ āĻাঁāĻĄ়ā§° āĻĻā§°ে āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāĻāϤিāϤ āϝাāϝ় āĻŦা āĻীāϤ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻোāύো āĻাā§°āĻŖ āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻৈ āĻোā§ąা āĻšāϝ় āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻা āĻĄাāĻā§° āĻŽূāϞ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻে āϝিāĻো āĻāĻŽি āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āύāĻā§°ে āĻā§°ু āĻŦুāĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°োঁ।
6. Explain with reference to the Context.
(āĻŦ্āϝাāĻ্āϝা āĻā§°া)
“And the song, from beginning to end,
I found again in the heart of a friend.”
Ans: Once the poet say a song into the air and lost but when he found the arrow in an oak tree he re-discovers the song again from beginning to end, now only he understand the value of the song what he thought meaningless. He found the song in the heart of a friend. Thus by the sentence the Poet reminds us that everything we do, thank or say has some value.
āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻŦāϤাāĻšāϤ āĻীāϤ āĻāĻা āĻ’āϞে āĻā§°ু āĻšেā§°াāĻ āĻ’āϞ āĻিāύ্āϤু āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻ āĻāĻāϤ āĻাঁāĻĄ়āĻĄাāϞ āĻĒাāϞে āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖিā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻļেāώāϞৈāĻে āĻীāϤāĻো āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻā§ąিāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°ে, āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āϝিāĻো āĻ ā§°্āĻĨāĻšীāύ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāĻিāϞ āϏেāĻāĻো āĻীāϤāĻোā§° āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ āĻŦুāĻি āĻĒাāĻāĻে। āĻŦāύ্āϧু āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻšৃāĻĻāϝ়āϤ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻĒাāϞে āĻাāύāĻো। āĻāĻāĻĻā§°ে āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻোā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽাāĻ āϏোঁā§ąā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϝে āĻāĻŽি āĻā§°া, āϧāύ্āϝāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻŦা āĻোā§ąা āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻো āĻাāĻŽā§° āĻিāĻু āĻŽূāϞ্āϝ āĻāĻে।
7. Give rhyming words of the following.
Sight Flight
Song Strong
Oak Unbroke
End Friend
EXTRA QUETION ANSWER
1. What is the name of the poet ?
Ans: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .
2. Where was he born ?
Ans: he was born in Portland .
3. When he was born ?
Ans: he was born in 1807 .
4. In which collage does he had taken his education ?
Ans: He had taken his education at Bowdoin collage .
5. How many years does spent in Europe to study foreign languages ?
Ans: Three years .
6. What is the meaning of swiftly ?
Ans: Quickly or promptly .
7. What is the meaning of flight ?
Ans: The action of flying .
8. What is the meaning of breadth ?
Ans: Took air into and sent out of the lungs .
9. What is the meaning of keedn ?
Ans: Sharp .
10. What is the meaning of sight ?
Ans; ability to see or vision .
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