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Let’s understand the poem:
1. What is the central idea (ସାରକଥା) of the poem?
Answer: Sweet music appeals to all.
2. The setting (ପୃଷ୍ଠଭୂମି) of the poem is _______________
Answer: The mountain regions of Scotland.
3. Who are the people described in the poem? (କବିତାରେ କେଉଁ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତିବିଶେଷଙ୍କ ବିଷୟରେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରାଯାଇଛି ?)
Answer: In the poem the people passing by the poet are described.
4. Who does the expression ‘Highland Lass’ refer to? Why does he described her as “Yon solitary Highland Lass?”
Answer: The expression “Highland Lass (maiden — ବାଳିକା)” refers to (implies -ସୂଚିତ କରେ |) the solitary reaper. He (the poet) describes her ((he girl or the reaper) as “Yon solitary Highland Lass” because she is all alone in the mountain regions.
5. What is the girl doing?
Answer: The girl is singing by herself (alone — ଏକାକୀ) while reaping the grain.
6. Who does the poet say ‘Stop here or gently pass’? Why does he say so?
Answer: The poet says to the passers-by (ବାଟୋଇ ବା ପଥଚାରୀ) “Stop here or gently pass”. He says so to enjoy the reaper’s sweet song thoroughly or pass silently without disturbing that young girl.
7. Pick out the words which tell that the girl does not have anyone by her side.
Answer: The words which tell that the girl doesn’t have anyone by her side (near her) are “Yon solitary Highland Lass” and “by herself”.
8. What is the tone of her song – happy, sad, soothing or sympathetic?
Answer: The tone (feeling) of her song is sad (ବିଷାଦ).
9. ‘Overflowing with sound’(ଶବ୍ଦ ସହିତ ପ୍ରବାହିତ ହେଉଛି)- Explain.
Answer: The expression “Overflowing with sound” means the free-flowing voice of the maiden’s song that spreads all over the valley.
10. The solitary reaper’s song reminds the poet of other singers. Who are they? (ନିର୍ଜନ ଶସ୍ୟକଟାଳିର ଗୀତ କବିଙ୍କୁ ଅନ୍ୟ ଗାୟିକାମାନଙ୍କ ବିଷୟରେ ମନେ ପକାଇ ଦେଉଛି । ସେମାନେ କିଏ?)
Answer: The solitary reaper’s song reminds the poet of other singers. They are ‘cuckoo’ and ‘nightingale’.
11. Who sings welcome notes? Where? For whom? What for?
Answer: The nightingale sings welcome notes (songs) in the Arabian deserts for the band of extremely (ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ) tired travellers to give them the thrill of her melodious music (ପଥଶ୍ରାନ୍ତ ବାଟୋଇମାନଙ୍କୁ ମଧୁର ଗୀତର ରୋମାଞ୍ଚ ପ୍ରଦାନ କରିବା ନିମନ୍ତେ).
12. Whose voice is thrilling? (କାହାର ସ୍ୱର ରୋମାଞ୍ଚକର ଅଟେ?)
Answer: The cuckoo’s voice is thrilling.
13. Where does it sing? When?
Answer: It (the cuckoo) sings from the farthest (remotest – ସୁଦୂର) Hebrides in springtime.
14. Who does Wordsworth compare the farmer girl with? Why?
Answer: The poet Wordsworth compares the farmer girl with the nightingale and the cuckoo. Because the girl or the maiden or the reaper sings melodiously (very sweetly – ବହୁତ ମଧୁର) like the nightingale or the cuckoo.
15. The peasant girl’s song is not intelligible to the poet because _________ (Tick the right answer.)
Answer: her song is in a dialect (ତାଙ୍କର ଗୀତ ଏକ ଉପଭାଷାରେ ଅଛି) he does not understand.
16. What does the phrase ‘humble lay’ mean?
Answer: The phrase ‘humble lay’ means the song of a regular ordinary life story.
17. The expression ‘plaintive numbers’ refers to sad music. Pick out another phrase in the poem carrying the same meaning.
Answer: The expression ‘plaintive numbers’ refers to sad music. Another phrase in the poem carrying (implying -ଇଙ୍ଗିତ କରିବା) the same meaning is “a melancholy (sad) strain (song)”.
18. What does the poet mean to say “As if her song could have no ending”?
Answer: The song contains an everlasting universal theme that recycles.
19. The poet listens ‘motionless and still’ because _______________.
Answer: The rich melodious voice of the singer holds him mesmerised and spellbound (ବିମୋହିତ ଓ ଅଭିଭୂତ କରି ଦେଇଛି).
20. How did the song affect the narrator?
Answer: The poet continues to hum (ଗୁଣୁଗୁଣୁ କରି ଗାଉଛନ୍ତି)the melodious song of the reaper even after a long period of time had passed since he first listened to the song.
21. In stanza 1 and stanza 2, four words and phrases have been used to show that the girl working in the fields is without anyone by her. Pick out these words and phrases.
Answer: Four words or phrases in stanza 1 and stanza 2 have been used to show that the girl working in the fields is without anyone by her. These words or phrases are: ‘Single in the field’, ‘Yon solitary Highland Lass’, ‘Reaping and singing by herself and the word ‘Alone’.
22. The theme of the solitary reaper’s song contains sadness. What other words are used in place of ‘sad’?
Answer: The theme of the ‘solitary reaper’s song contains sadness. The other words used in place of ‘sad’ are ‘melancholy’ (ବିଷାଦଗ୍ରସ୍ତ), ‘plaintive’ (କରୁଣ), ‘sorrow’ and ‘pain’.
23. What are the two synonyms for the ‘young girl’?
Answer: The two synonyms (ପ୍ରତିଶବ୍ଦ) for the ‘young girl’ are ‘Lass’ and ‘Maiden’.
24. Three other words are used to mean ‘song’. What are they?
Answer: The three other words to mean ‘song’ are ‘strain’, ‘numbers’, and ‘lay’.
25. A melancholy strain’ in stanza 2 means ‘sad song’. Find out another phrase in stanza 5 with a similar meaning.
Answer: ‘A melancholy strain’ in stanza 2 means ‘sad song’. Another phrase in stanza 5 with a similar meaning is ‘plaintive numbers’.
26. Which word in stanza 5 expresses the poet’s guess?
Answer: The word ‘perhaps’ (ବୋଧହୁଏ) in stanza 5 expresses the poet’s guess.
H. Let’s Appreciate the Poem:
1. Describe what picture on the valley and the farm worker come to your mind as you read the poem.
Answer: As I read the poem. The background of the poem which is set in a mountain valley and a solitary reaper girl working there come to my mind. The valley spreads across the mountains. The green lush alley (ସବୁଜିମା ଭରା ଗଳିକନ୍ଦି) looks feasting (ଭୋଜିଭାତ) to the eyes of the passersby. In the field of the valley, the sight of the solitary (lonely) reaper comes to the notice of the poet. The lonely girl while cutting and binding the grain is found singing a gloomy (ବିଷାଦମୟ ଗୀତ) song.
2. Why do you think Wordsworth has chosen the song of the nightingale and cuckoo for comparison with the solitary reaper’s song? Wordsworth
Answer: The poet William Wordsworth is absolutely (thoroughly – ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବରେ) captivated (ବିମୋହିତ) by the hunting melody of the reaper’s song though he hasn’t been able to understand the theme. The maiden’s song reminds (ମନେ ପକାଇ ଦେଲା) him of the songs of the nightingale and the cuckoo. The poet’s choosing the song(s) of these two birds stands crystal clear ( ନିର୍ମଳ) to us. The tired travelers of the Arabian deserts listening to the soulful (sweet – ମଧୁର) music of the nightingale and the people getting immense joy (ଅସୀମ ଆନନ୍ଦ) from the note (song) of the cuckoo flowing from the far-off Hebrides in spring color of the poet’s imagination (କଳ୍ପନା). The songs of the reaper as well as (and) those of the nightingales and the cuckoos though (ଯଦିଓ) unintelligible (not fit to be understood –(ବୁଝିବା ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ) have the source (ଉତ୍ସ) of perennial joy (ଚିରନ୍ତନ ଆନନ୍ଦ) in the routine dull life (ନିତିଦିନିଆ ନୀରସ ଜୀବନରେ) of human beings.
3. Whose song is sweeter according to the poet – the nightingale and the cuckoos or the solitary reaper’s? or the solitary reapers?
Answer: According to the poet, the solitary reaper’s song is sweeter.
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