THE SOLITARY REAPER - Chapter 14 English Class VIII

(Anundoram Borooah Academy)

English - Class VIII
Chapter 14
THE SOLITARY REAPER

EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) :

A. Answer the following questions
(তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) :

1. What does the poet ask to do?
(কবিয়ে কি কৰিবলৈ কৈছে?)
Answer : The poet askes to see and listen to the song of the solitary reaper.

2. What is the young girl doing in the field?
(যুৱতী ছোৱালীজনীয়ে পথাৰত কি কৰি আছে?)
Answer : The young girl was reaping crops and singing song in the field.

3. Why does the poet ask the padders-by to go gently?
(কবিয়ে বাটৰুৱাসকলক কিয় মনে মনে পাৰ হৈ যাবলৈ কৈছে?)
Answer : The poet asks the padders-by either to listen to the song or pass gently so that the youg girl can sing song without any interruption.

4. Does the poet know what the Reaper is singing about? What does he imagine the Reaper's song is about?
(দাওনীজনীয়ে কিহৰ গীত গাইছে কবিয়ে জানেনে? দাওনীজনীৰ গীত কিহৰ বিষয়ে বুলি কবিয়ে কল্পনা কৰিছে?)
Answer : Yes, the poet knows what the reaper was singing about. He imagines that the girl was singing the welcoming song to the weary band of travellers.

5. How does the pet praise the Reaper's singing?
(কবিয়ে দাওনীজনীৰ গীতক কিদৰে প্ৰশংসা কৰিছে?)
Answer : The poet praises the song of the Reaper by saying that her song was more sweet than the song of the nightingale and more thrilling than the song sung by the Arabians. Her song was so profound that the strain of her song overflooded the valley.

B. Fill in the blanks (খালী ঠাই পূৰণ কৰা।) :

1. The Reaper cuts and _____ the grains alone.
Answer : binds

2. The Reaper sings a ...............strain.
Answer : melancholy

3. The Reaper was a High land _____ .
Answer : Lass.

C. Write 'True' or 'False' (‘সঁচা’ বা ‘মিছা’ লিখা।) :

1. A nightingale chants more welcome notes than the Reaper.
Answer : False

2. The Reaper's voice was very thrilling.
Answer : True

3. The poet describes a 'Solitary Highland Lass'
Answer : True

Updated on 15th October 2023
By :- J.A.C | B.Sc | D.C.A