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Theme of the poems
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Textual
1. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
Amidst killer speeds I stand
Facing the traffic, stretching my hand.
I am seen on kids’ books and as cartoons everywhere
Educating people and asking them to beware
Of the erratic traffic and the signboards
Seen on almost all the roads.
So that you’re safe I see each one of you
But my sweat, my plight on the road sees who?
Be it sunny or rainy,
For your safety I must be
Vigil and agile, on the middle
Standing erect, as fit as a fiddle.
Answer:
The theme of the poem is about the hard work of a traffic policeman. The work of a traffic policeman is
praiseworthy. He works for the safety of the common people. Whether it is rainy
or sunny, he must be always on duty. But he regrets that nobody sees his sorrows and
sufferings.
2. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly:
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly:
Then heigh-ho, the holly!
This life is most jolly.
Ans: The theme of the poem is about
friendship and love. To the poet, most friendship is not real and most love is
fake. Friends and lovers are always
ungrateful. So the poet glorifies the winter wind and the bitter sky. The poet thinks that the
winter wind and bitter sky are not as unkind as man’s ingratitude.
3.
Write down the theme of the following poem. (Not more than 50 words)
I love to rise in a summer morn,
When the birds sing on every tree;
The distant huntsman winds his horn,
And the skylark sings with me:
O what sweet company!
But to go to school in a summer morn,
- O it drives all joy away!
Under a cruel eye outworn,
The little ones spend the day
In sighing and dismay.
Ans: Theme of
the poem is about the innocence(সরলতা) and tenderness(কোমলতা) of childhood. A child naturally loves a summer
morning, birds’ chirping, huntsmen’s horns and skylarks’ songs. Going to school
in the morning is unpleasant (অপ্রিয়) to a child because it drives all joy
away. So, school should be a place of joy and sweet company.
4. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard
And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of
wood,
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
And from there those that lifted eyes could count
Five mountain ranges one behind the other
Under the sunset far into Vermont.
And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and
rattled,
As it ran light, or had to bear a load.
And nothing happened: day was all but done.
Call it a day, I wish they might have said
Ans:
The theme of the poem is about child labour. In the poem, a very young boy was
doing a man’s work to earn money. But the boy died by an accident when he was
working. Thus the poet shows a dreadful and real condition of child labourers
around the world.
5. Write
down the theme of the following poem. (Not more than 50 words)
Because I have
seen Bengal’s face I will seek no more;
The world has
not anything more beautiful to show me.
Waking up in
darkness, gazing at the fig-tree, I behold
Dawn’s swallows
roosting under huge umbrella-like leaves. I look around me
And discover a
leafy dome-Jam, Kanthal, Bat, Hijol and Aswatha trees-
All in a hush,
shadowing clumps of cactus and zedoary bushes.
When long, long
ago, Chand came in his honeycombed boat
To a blue Hijal,
Bat and Tamal shade near the Champa, he too sighted
Bengal’s
incomparable beauty. One day, alas. In the Ganguri,
On a raft, as
the waning moon sank on the river’s sandbanks,
Behula too saw
countless aswaths bats besides golden rice fields
And heard the
thrush’s soft song. One day, arriving in Amara,
Where gods held
court, when she danced like a desolate wagtail,
Bengal’s rivers,
fields, flowers, wailed like strings of bells on her feet.
Ans:
The theme of the poem is about the beautiful nature of Bangladesh. Very few
countries in the world are as beautiful as Bangladesh. The poet has seen the
beauty of Bangladesh. So he does not want to see any more country of the
world. He is proud of this country.
6. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
All
people dream, but not equally.
Those
who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake
in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But
the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For
they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And
make them come true.
Answer:
The theme of the poem is about different kinds of dreams. There are two kinds
of dreams: real and fictional. The dream that is dreamt at night is a fictional
dream. But the dreamers of the day are real people. They can do anything to
materialize their dreams.
7. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
Hold
fast to dreams
For
if dreams die
Life
is a broken-winged bird
That
cannot fly.
Hold
fast to dreams
For
when dreams go
Life
is a barren field
Frozen
with snow.
Ans: The theme
of the poem is about the importance dream in human life. Without dreams, our
life will be dull and hopeless. So we have to cherish dream to be successful in
life. Ife we fail once, we should dream afresh. Dreams will bring success one
day. So we must hold dreams firmly.
8. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
I
will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And
a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine
bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee
And
live alone in the bee loud glade.
And
I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow
Dropping
from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There
midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And
evening full of the linnet's wings
I
will arise and go now, for always night and day
I
hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While
I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I
hear it in the deep heart’s core.
Ans:
The theme of the poem is about the poet’s desire to live in nature with peace.
Our living places are now full of war, conflicts, death and destruction. There
is no peace. The poet is searching peace in nature. That’s why the poet wants
to go to Innisfree to live peacefully.
9. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
I
sit on one of the dives
On
Fifty-second Street
Uncertain
and afraid
As
the clever hopes expire.
Of
a low dishonest decade:
Waves
of anger and fear
Circulate
over the bright
And
darkened lands of the earth,
Obsessing
our private lives;
The
unmentionable odour of death
Offends
the September night.
Ans: The World
War of 1939 is the main theme of the poem. During the war, there is an
environment of uncertainty and fear. Because of the war, all the good hopes are
gone. People live in despair. Waves of anger prevail all over. War brings about
destruction and death of innocent people.
10. Write down the theme of the
following poem. (Not more than 50 words)
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death,
Rode the six hundred.
“Forward, the Light Brigade!
Charge for the guns” he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Ans: The theme
of the poem is about the war in 1854 between United Kingdom and Russia. The
light Brigade had 600 soldiers. In the
war, soldiers knew that they would be defeated and even die. But they never
stopped fighting. Here, the poet glorifies the soldiers of the Light Brigade
because of fighting bravely.
11. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade
the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly
lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how
dear their dwelling-place
Ans:
The poem ‘She Walks in Beauty’ is about the physical and inner beauty of the
poet’s beloved. This is a romantic poem and ‘beauty’ is a common characteristic
of romantic poetry. The woman is as beautiful as the cloudless and starry
skies. All the beauty of day and night is found in her aspect and eyes.
12. Write down the theme of the
following poem. (Not more than 50 words)
I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why I failed?
“For beauty,” I replied.
“And I for
truth - the two are one;
We brethren are,” he said.
And so, as kinsmen met a-night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the
moss had reached our lips,
And covered
up our names.
Ans:
The theme of the poem is about eternal condition of beauty and truth. The
speaker has died for beauty. Then
another person who died for truth was buried in the next grave. The man told
her that truth and beauty are the same and so he and the speaker are brethren.
Non-textual
1. Write down the theme of the following
poem. (Not more than 50 words)
Under
the greenwood tree
Who
loves to lie with me,
And
turn his merry note
Unto
the sweet bird's throat,
Come
hither, come hither, come hither:
Here
shall he see
No
enemy
But
winter and rough weather.
Who
doth ambition shun
And
loves to live i' the sun,
Seeking
the food he eats,
And
pleased with what he gets,
Come
hither, come hither, come hither:
Here
shall he see
No
enemy
But
winter and rough weather.
Ans: The theme of the poem is about the
peaceful environment of greenwood. Life is very happy and pleasant here because
there is no enemy except winter and rough weather. So, the poet is calling the
men without ambition to come under the greenwood tree to lead a pleasant and
satisfied life.
2.
Write down the theme of the following poem. (Not more than 50 words
TIME, you old gipsy man,
Will you not stay,
Put up your caravan
Just for one day?
All things I'll give you
Will you be my guest,
Bells for your jennet
Of silver the best,
Goldsmiths shall beat you
A great golden ring,
Peacocks shall bow to you,
Little boys sing,
Oh, and sweet girls will
Festoon you with may.
Time, you old gipsy,
Why hasten away?
Ans: Time and tide wait for none. It goes and goes
and never takes rest. To stop time for a while the poet offers things like
bells for its jennet(মাদি গাধা), a golden ring,
etc. The poet requests time to stop its journey just for one day. But time
seems to be in a hurry as usual.
3.
Write down the theme of the following poem. (Not more than 50 words)
My heart leaps
up when I behold
A rainbow in the
sky
So, was it when
my life began
So is it now I
am a man
So be it when I
shall grow old
Or let me die!
The child is
father of the man
And I could wish
my days to be
Bound each to
each by natural piety.
Ans:
The piece of the text nicely reveals the poet’s passionate love for nature. The
poet Wordsworth, in ‘My Heart Leaps Up’ cannot think of his life away from
nature. He grew a fascination for nature in his childhood and this will
continue till his death.
4.
Write down the theme of the following poem. (Not more than 50 words)
If you fail to see the person
But only see the disability,
Then who is blind?
If you cannot hear
Your brother’s
Cry for justice,
Who is deaf?
If you do not communicate
With your sister
But separate her from you
Who is the mentally handicapped?
If you do not stand up
For the rights of all persons.
Who is crippled?
You attitude
Towards persons with disabilities
May be our biggest handicap.
Ans: The people who only find faults with others and
do not come forward to save humanity are in reality the physically disabled and
mentally handicapped ones in our society. The blind, deaf and dumb are far
better than those selfish and cowardly people.
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