Q- What is Rimbauds attitude to war as reveled in the poem A Sleep in the Valley
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ASLEEP IN THE VALLEY
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Give the substance of ‘Asleep in the Valley’.
Ans.
“Asleep
i
n the Valley”, a symbolic poem
, begins with the description of a bosky valley. A creek flows here, leaving long strands of silver on the bright grass. The sun shining from the mountain-top makes the valley bubbling with the flooded sun beams. A young, very young, soldier is found lying agape blissfully in the bushes and plants there. The nape of his neck rests on the pillow of fern. He lies fully stretched on the sun-soaked sod with his feet among the flowers. There is innocent smile about his face looking pale. Cradled in the lap of nature, he has no fear of catching cold. Buzzing insect and one of his hands being on the breast suggest the tranquility of his mind and body. But to every
one’s
horror and shock, a close-up view reveals two bullet wounds marked by blood in his body. Ironically, the tranquility of his mind is that of the grave. 2.
B-Write a note on the anti-war feeling
of “Asleep in the Valley”?
Ans. “Asleep in the Valley”, a poem by the symbolist Arthur Rimbaud is about a young
soldier who is seen enjoying a pleasant nap in the soothing blissful sunlit valley. His head is on the pillow made of fern, with his body lying on heavy undergrowth with his legs being among the flowers. There is child like innocent smile about his face. But to
everyone’s sh
ock, two red holes on his side gives the evidence of his death, meaning he is never to be awaken. The warmth of sunlight, the growth of bushes, flowers, plants and the co-existence of nourishing stream cannot preserve his smile living. There is a latent anger against the war. The poet upholds that so powerful are the atrocities of war that it snatches the youthful life in short. 3.
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“His smile is like an infant’s”
- whose smile is referred to here? Why is the smile compared with that of an infant? How does nature him? Ans. The smile referred to here is that of the young soldier who is found asleep in the valley by the poet. The soldier found asleep there seems to be submerged in deep slumber.
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