Short Answer Type (SAQ) questions of Asleep in the Valley poem in class 12

Short Answer Type। SAQ questions of ‘Asleep in the Valley’ poem in class 12। Mark 1। SET-1

1. Through what does the stream mentioned in the poem ‘Asleep in the Valley’ flow?

Ans:- The slow stream flows through the valley.

2. How does the stream look like in the poem ‘Asleep in the Valley’?

Ans:- The stream looks like long strands of silver.

3. ‘...they fill the hollow’’- what does the word ‘hollow’ means here?

Ans:- The word ‘hollow’ suggests a valley surrounded by mountains.

4. What are the sunrays compared with?

Ans:- The sunrays are compared to a softly flowing stream.

5. How is the young soldier lying?

Ans:- The young soldier is lying open-mouthed in the valley with a pillow of ferns under his head.

6. How is the bed of the dead Soldier?

Ans:- The bed of the soldier is made of soft grass and plants with a pillow made of ferns and this natural bed has soaked the warmth of the Sun.

7. What is the meant by ‘heavy undergrowth’?

Ans:- ‘Heavy undergrowth’ suggests the plentiful growth of bushes and plants in the Valley.

8. What is meant by the pharse ‘sun-soaked bed’?

Ans:- The pharse ‘sun-soaked bed’ suggets that the valley absorbs the warmth of the sun and lush vegetation grows there abundantly.

9. In what manner does the soldier lies in the countryside?
       Or
How does the soldier lie?

Ans:- The soldier life ‘Asleep in the Valley’, with his mouth open and one of his hands resting on his chest.

10. ‘‘...they fill the hollow full of light.’’- what does ‘hollow’ described.

Ans:- The word ‘hollow’ referred to in the poem describes a beautiful valley, surrounded with mountains, where the rays of the sun are streaming in.

11. What is a soldier's pillow made of?

Ans:- The soldier's pillow is made of ferns.

12. What does slow stream leave on the bright grass?

Ans:- The slow stream leaves on the bright grass long stands or ribbons of silver.

13. What is there beneath the head of the soldier?

Ans:- There is a pillow made of fern beneath the head of the soldier.

14. How is the grass in the valley?

Ans:- There is a plenty of bright green grass in the valley.

15. What role is played by the sun's rays?

Ans:- The sun's rays fill up the valley with light.

16. ‘‘... from the mountaintop stream...’’- what is streaming from the mountaintop?

Ans:- The sun's rays are streaming from the mountaintop.

17. ‘‘A pillow made of fern beneath his head’’ - what does this line imply?

Ans:- This line shows out of sympathy, forms a pillow of ferns to support the head of the dead Soldier.

18. Where does the young soldier lie?

Ans:- The young soldier lies asleep in the valley.

19. How does the stream flow through the valley?

Ans:- The stream flows slowly leaving long strands of silver.

20. What does the young soldier have for a pillow?

Ans:- the young soldier has a pillow made of ferns.

21. Where from the sun rays come?

Ans:- The sunrays come from the mountaintop.

22. Where does the stream live ‘long strands of silver’?

Ans:-:In the small green valley, the stream leaves long strands of silver.

23. Give an example of an image used by Rimbaud in the poem?

Ans:- An image used by Rimbaud in the poem is the sunrays filling up the hollow like a stream.