The Nightingale CLASS VI

 

The Nightingale

                                                                                                                 Hans Christian Andersen

 

B. Answer the questions with reference to context.

1. ‘It is my pleasure that she shall appear this evening, Command the Emperor.

          a. Who is referred to as “she” on this line?

          Answer: Here “she” is referred to Nightingale.

          b. How did the king come to know about her?

        Answer: According to the story visitors from the different places in the Emperor palace had told about the nightingale to the emperor.

          c. Where was she found? Who had helped in locating her?

Answer: She was found in the greenwood. A little girl who was working in king’s palace kitchen helped in locating her.

 

2. ‘My song sounds best in greenwood,’ Said the bird,’ but still she came willingly when she heard the emperor wished to hear her song.’

       a. Why do you think the nightingale’s song sounds best in the greenwood?

  Answer: According to me the nightingale’s song sounds best in the greenwood because She might have a habit of singing in the open and natural places with nature.

   b. What arrangement had been made for the special performance?      

  Answer: The king ordered to decorate the palace with attractive and beautiful design. Whole court was present and in the center of the hall, a golden perch had been fixed for the nightingale to sit on.

   c. What reward was offered to the bird? What did she say in reply? 

   Answer: King offered gold slipper to wear. She replied I have seen tears in an emperor eyes and that is my richest reward.  

Accumulated by : Sir Ashish Rai
Subject : English Literature
Asst. Teacher of RMA

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐬

 

𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐬

𝐒𝐢𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐲𝐥𝐞

𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐅𝐋𝐘

𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒑 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒔.𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒔. 𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕: 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏. 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆.

𝑨 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒌 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌. 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏’𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑵𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓, 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔, 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒓. 𝑯𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆. 𝑨𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕. 𝑨𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆𝒔.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑳𝒆𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒔: 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑨𝒕 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒚. 𝑮𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒃𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑨 𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔.

𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒌 𝒂 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏 - 𝑩𝒆𝒑𝒑𝒐, 𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑. 𝑯𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒈𝒐. 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆.

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The owner informs the great detective that six busts were made. It also seems strange to him that someone destroys a product that costs a penny. Busts are cast as follows: molds are cast from two halves of the face, glued together, and then dried in the corridor. Beppo the owner knows well, he worked in his workshop, was a good worker. A year ago, Beppo wounded an Italian with a knife and was arrested. This happened immediately after the busts were sold. Holmes sets to whom two more busts have been sold.

Meanwhile, Leystred identifies the murdered person: this is the Italian Pietro Venucci, one of London's most terrible thugs. Holmes with the police ambushes in the house where the penultimate of the busts is located. The criminal takes the statue out of the house, and the police grab it. It turns out Beppo, who stubbornly does not want to say why he breaks busts.

Holmes buys the last remaining bust from its owner. In the presence of Watson and Leistred, the great detective smashes the statue and carefully examines each piece. In one of them he finds the famous black pearl of Borgia, which was stolen from the Princess of Colonna. Attempts to find a pearl were unsuccessful. Suspicion fell on the maid of Princess Lucretia Venucci, the sister of the murdered Pietro, and a few days later Beppo was arrested.

Beppo stole a pearl from the Venucci family and hid it in one of Napoleon's busts. Having come out of the conclusion, he established to whom the busts were sold, and tried to find the jewel.

Chapter-12-TheSixNapoleons Questions & Answere                    UPDATED: 23/09/2021

Q1."Mr Harker,will you please tell us what has occurred."
i) Who is Mr Harker? Where does he live? Who had gone to meet him?
Ans- Mr.Harker was a journalist.He lived at 131 Pitt Street,Kensington
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson had gone to meet him.

ii)Which incident had taken place in Mr Harker'shouse ?How  was the incident
related to the other case earlier?
Ans- A murder had taken place in Mr.Harker's house.
Along with the murder, abuts of Napoleon had also been stolen and had been
Destroyed just as in the other cases. 

iii)What did Mr. Harker say in his account of what had happened?
Ans-Harker narrated that he was writing late in the night and at around threeo'clock he suddenly heard a horrible scream. He froze with horror. Seizing his poker, he went down. He entered the room and found that windows were open and the bust of Napoleon was gone from them and tell piece. He walked to the front door step and stumbled over the body of a dead man lying on the ground there.

𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 : 𝑺𝒊𝒓 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑹𝒂𝒊
𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕 : 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆
𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒕. 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝑴𝑨

𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞: 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬

Leisure: William Davies

𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓲𝓯, 𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮,

𝓦𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓷𝓸 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓮?

𝓝𝓸 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓼

𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓱𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓸𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝔀𝓼.

𝓝𝓸 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓮𝓮, 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓸𝓸𝓭𝓼 𝔀𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓼,

𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓻𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓲𝓻 𝓷𝓾𝓽𝓼 𝓲𝓷 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓼.

𝓝𝓸 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓮𝓮, 𝓲𝓷 𝓫𝓻𝓸𝓪𝓭 𝓭𝓪𝔂𝓵𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽,

𝓢𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶𝓼 𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓼, 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓽 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽.

𝓝𝓸 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓷 𝓪𝓽 𝓑𝓮𝓪𝓾𝓽𝔂'𝓼 𝓰𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮,

𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓽, 𝓱𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓭𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮.

𝓝𝓸 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓪𝓲𝓽 𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓶𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓬𝓪𝓷

𝓔𝓷𝓻𝓲𝓬𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓶𝓲𝓵𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷.

𝓐 𝓹𝓸𝓸𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓲𝓯, 𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮,

𝓦𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓷𝓸 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓮.

Summary: 𝐼𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑚, ‘𝐿𝑒𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒’, 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑒𝑡 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝐷𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝒉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐𝒉𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝒉𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠. 𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝒉𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑚 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠. 𝑊𝒉𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝒉𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝒉 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠-𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝒉𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦. 𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑘-𝒉𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦. 𝐴𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠q𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑-𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟. 𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑤𝒉𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝒉𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑦 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑖𝑔𝒉𝑡. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠. 𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑡e𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠. 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑠𝒉 𝑢𝑠. 𝐴𝑠 𝒉𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝒉𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑟e𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒. 

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 "𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲

 

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭

Have you got a Brook in your little heart,

Where bashful flowers blow,

And blushing birds go down to drink,

And shadows tremble so—

And nobody knows, so still it flows,

That any brook is there,

And yet your little draught of life

Is daily drunken there—

Why –  look out for the little brook in March,

When the rivers overflow,

And the snows come hurrying from the hills,

And the bridges often go—

And later, in August it may be,

When the meadows parching lie,

Beware, lest this little brook of life,

Some burning noon go dry!       

                                      

SUMMARY

Rather than still waters running deep, Dickinson presents us with an image of a “little heart” with not a river but a Brook. It’s flowers are “bashful”, and so delicate and tremulous a place it is that even the birds blush to drink there and “shadows tremble.” 
      If that weren’t enough, it can get swollen to bursting in the floods of spring—its “bridges often go” – and in late summer it might very well dry up altogether.
            The poet asks the reader directly whether or not she has a little brook of her own, implying that some people don’t have this life spring. Perhaps they just plod along lifelessly, or perhaps they have a less vulnerable source of life. Brook people get easily overwhelmed with floods of emotion or wither away without any life-giving water to replenish it. Maybe river people keep a more even keel.
            I don’t find this one of Dickinson’s more successful poems. The first line puts me on the spot: Am I alive enough, do I have such a lovely spot inside me? Yet by the end of the poem I’m questioning the value of such a vulnerable source for a “little draught of life.” Perhaps the key word is “little.” A little heart requires only a little “draught of life.” The voice itself is little and bashful, opening with that timid-sounding question. Several phrases are inverted in service of the rhyme, and this always strikes me as lazy. Dickinson doesn’t need to do it in other poems but here we have “so still it flows” and “the meadows parching lie.”
            The meter and rhyme, however, move the poem along at a nice, bubbling-brook pace. Several long “o” words and rhymes provide a nice open feel: blow, so, nobody knows, flows, overflow, go. The meter is a charming combination of iambs and anapests: “And nobody knows, so still it flows” can be read as iamb, anapest, iamb, iamb. Similar patterns are seen in the 9th and 15th lines.

   It seems likely to me that Dickinson is writing about the source of her poetry. She wrote her poems alone in her room and no one knew how very many she wrote. Her sister and life-long friend were amazed at the quantity. Sometimes she might be flooded with creativity, but she was always aware of the fragility of it all. She knew very well that without a well spring or rain, her poetry would “go dry.”

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS                                    DATE:10/08/2021

a. What do the flowers and the birds do by the brook?
Ans. The bashful flowers blow, and the blushing birds go down to drink in the brook.

b. Where does the snow come from? What happens to the bridges then?
Ans. Snow comes hurrying from the hills. The bridges are washed away by the overflowing rivers just like  the overflow of human emotions break all barriers.

c. Give two examples of alliteration in the poem, other than the one already mentioned.
Ans. The two examples of alliteration are hurrying from the hills, bashful flowers  blow, and blushing birds.

d. What kind of noon has been referred in the poem? Explain it in your own words.
Ans. The poet refers to the burning noon which often dries up the brook and parches the meadows. During August due to the scorching heat of the sun, the noon seems to be burning. Symbolically the drying up of the brook is compared to the drying up of human emotions. 

   REFERENCE TO THE CONTEXT (UPDATED : 17/08/2021

1.And nobody, knows, so still it flows

That any brook is there;

And yet your little draught of life

Is daily drunken there,

 

a. Where is the brook located?

Ans. The brook is located in the distant woods.

b. Why is the location unknown to many?

Ans. The location was unknown to many as people do not frequent the woods.

c. Why do we need the ‘draught of life’ daily?

Ans. We need the ‘draught of life’ daily to refresh ourselves.

 

2.And later, in August it may be,

When the meadows parching lie

 

a. What do the parching meadows of August signify?

Ans. The parching meadows of August signify the drying up of human emotions 

from our life.

b. What does the poet warns her readers about?

Ans. The poet warns her readers to be careful so that our life is not devoid of 

emotions.

c. How does the brook change from March to August?

Ans. The brook in the month of August overflows like spring of man’s life which is 

full of emotions but in August, the brook starts drying up and often gets lost just 

like the emotions in human life dry up with the passage of time.     

  

Accumulated By: Sir Ashish Rai
English Literature 
Asst. Teacher RMA