ODE ON SOLITUDE
(Alexander Pope )
Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.
हिंदी रूपांतरण :
सुखी है वह आदमी जिसकी इच्छा और देखभाल
कुछ पैतृक एकड़ भूमि,
अपनी मूल हवा में सांस लेने की सामग्री
अपने ही मैदान में.
Whose herds with milk,whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him attire ;
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire .
हिंदी रूपांतरण :
जिनके झुंड दूध से, जिनके खेत रोटी से,
जिनके झुंड उन्हें पोशाक प्रदान करते हैं;
जिसके वृक्षों से उसे ग्रीष्मकाल में छाया मिलती है,
सर्दी में आग.
Blest, who can unconcernedly find
Hours,days,and years, slide soft away
In health of body , peace of mind
Quiet by day .
हिंदी रूपांतरण :
भला हो, जो बेफिक्री से पा सके
घंटे, दिन और साल धीरे-धीरे खिसक जाते हैं
शरीर के स्वास्थ्य में, मन की शांति
दिन में शांत.
Sound sleep by night ; study and ease
Together mixt , sweet recreation,
And innocence , which most does please
With medition
हिंदी रूपांतरण :
रात को गहरी नींद; अध्ययन और सहजता
एक साथ मिश्रण, मधुर मनोरंजन,
और मासूमियत, जो सबसे ज्यादा खुश करती है
ध्यान के साथ
Thus let me live unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die ;
Steal from the world , and not a stone
Tell where I lie .
हिंदी रूपांतरण :
इस प्रकार मुझे अदृश्य, अज्ञात रहने दो;
इस प्रकार दुखी होकर मुझे मरने दो;
दुनिया से चुराओ, पत्थर नहीं
बताओ मैं कहाँ झूठ बोलता हूँ?
Words Details :
| Whose | कौन |
| A few | कुछ |
| Paternal | पैतृक |
| Acres | एकड़ |
| Bound | अवश्यंभावी |
| Content | सामग्री |
| Breath | साँस |
| Own | अपना |
| Ground | मैदान |
| Herd | झुंड |
| Flock | झुंड |
| Supply | आपूर्ति |
| Attire | पोशाक |
| Summer | गर्मी |
| Yield | उपज |
| Shade | छाया |
| Winter | सर्दी |
| Blest | महाभाग |
| Unconcernedly | बेफिक्री से |
| Find | खोजो |
| Hours | घंटे |
| Slide away | फिसलना |
| Peace | शांति |
| Quiet | शांत |
| Sound sleep | गहरी नींद |
| Ease | आसानी |
| Together | एक साथ |
| Recreation | मनोरंजन |
| Innocence | बेगुनाही |
| Meditation | ध्यान |
| Thus | इस प्रकार |
| Unseen | अगोचर |
| Unknown | अज्ञात |
| Unlamented | दुःखी |
| Steal | चुराना |
| Stone | पत्थर |
| Lie | झूठ |
COMPREHENSION :-
Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground.
Questions :
1.What is the name of the poem ?
2. Who is the poet of these lines ?
3. What is the desire of the poet ?
4. Who is the happy man,according to the poet ?
5. Name the poet who wrote these lines ?
6. who , according to the poet , is the happy man ?
7. How is the content ?
8. Name the poem from which the stanza has been taken .
9. From which peom have these lines been taken ?
Answer :
1.The name of the poem is ‘Ode on Solitude’.
2. Alexander pope is the poet of these lines .
3. The poet wishes to live a happy life .
4. According to the poet a man whose desire is limited and spends a contented life is the happy man .
5. Alexander pope is the poet of these lines.
6. According to the poet a man whose desire is limited and spends a contented life is the happy man .
7. He is content to live peacefully on his native land. He cultivates a few acres of land inherited from his fore fathers.
8. Ode on Solitude .
9. The poem have been taken from ‘Ode on Solitude’.
Objective Answer Type Question
1. Ode on Solitude’ is written by..
(B) Milton
(C) Rupert Brooke
(D) Walter de la Mare
| Ans ⇒ A |
2. The poet does not want anything to mark the place where he is
(A) Buried
(B) Sitting
(C) Hiding
(D) Lost
| Ans ⇒ A |
3. Where does the happy man live, according to this poem?
(A) In forest
(B) In towns
(C) In his native land
(D) None of these
| Ans ⇒ C |
4. How is he content?
(A) To live peacefully
(B) to live with comfort
(C) To live with luxury
(D) None of these
| Ans ⇒ A |
5. Who gives him bread ?
(A) Market
(B) Field
(C) Farmer
(D) None of these
| Ans ⇒ B |
6. From where does he get his cloths ?
(A) From bamboos
(B) From leathers of animals
(C) From his flocks of sheep
(D) None of these
| Ans ⇒ C |
7. How does the poet desire to sleep?
(A) So long
(B) Soundly
(C) Sleep for less hours
(D) None of these
| Ans ⇒ B |
8. The happy man owns inherited
(A) world
(B) property
(C) poem
(D) solitude
| Ans ⇒ B |
9. A happy man’s wants are satisfied by the property inherited by him from his
(A) Uncle
(B) Mother
(C) Cousin
(D) Father
| Ans ⇒ D |
10. Hours, days and years slide away ……………… for the happy man.
(A) Hard
(B) Quickly
(C) Softly
(D) Tensely
| Ans ⇒ C |
11. Meditation ……………… the happy man.
(A) Saddens
(B) Pleases
(C) Worries
(D) Disturbs
| Ans ⇒ B |
12. What does the Poet wish ?
(A) His hours, days and year’s pass away softly
(B) To spend luxurious life
(C) To live with comfort
(D) None of these
| Ans ⇒ A |
13. Who is a happy man?
(A) who is wealthy
(B) who is brave
(C) who is content with his paternal land and belongings
(D) who is careful :
| Ans ⇒ C |
14. What do you mean by ‘slide soft away’?
(A) go away
(B) pass away smoothly
(C) pass away
(D) none of these
| Ans ⇒ B |
15. Alexander Pope was one of the greatest …………… of the early 18th century.
(A) dramatists
(B) novelists
(C) writers
(D) satirists
| Ans ⇒ D |
16. How does the poet, Alexander Pope, want to live?
(A) unseen
(B) unknown
(C) both (A) & (B)
(D) none of these
| Ans ⇒ C |
17. What do the trees yield to a person in summer ?
(A) wood
(B) fire
(C) fruit
(D) shade
| Ans ⇒ D |
18. How do hours, days and years of a blessed man pass away?
(A) softly
(B) hardly
(C) coldly
(D) frankly
| Ans ⇒ A |
19. “Steal from the world, and not a stone’-here stone means
(A) piece of a rock
(B) a poluable
(C) a tomb stone
(D) a marble stone
| Ans ⇒ C |
20. “Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread’, here ‘bread: means.
(A) cake
(B) corn
(C) piece of bread
(D) any type of bread
| Ans ⇒ B |
21. Whose flocks supply him with attire, here flock means.
(A) sheep
(B) cow
(C) dog
(D) elephant
| Ans ⇒ D |
22. Alexander Pope was born in-
(A) 1588
(B) 1688
(C) 1788
(D) 1678
| Ans ⇒ B |
23. Alexander Pope died in
(A) 1888
(B) 1848
(C) 1744
(D) 1724
| Ans ⇒ C |
24. Who was one of the greatest poet-satirist and also a critic of the early 18th century?
(A) William Cowper
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) Alexander Pope
(D) Walter de la Mare
| Ans ⇒ C |
25. The poet of ‘The Rape of the Lock’ is
(A) William Cowper
(B) Alexander Pope
(C) William de la Mare
(D) John Keats
| Ans ⇒ B |
26. ‘Essay on Criticism’ is the famous work of
(A) John Keats
(B) Shakespeare
(C) Wordsworth
(D) Alexander Pope
| Ans ⇒ D |
27. A poem addressed to a person or thing or celebrating of an event
(A) Satire
(B) Ode
(C) Ballad
(D) Elegy
| Ans ⇒ B |
28. “Loneliness’ is same in meaning as
(A) satire
(B) profound
(C) solitude
(D) mob
| Ans ⇒ C |
29. The happy man is content to live in his own
(A) tree
(B) town
(C) ground
(D) None
| Ans ⇒ C |
Short Answer Type Question
1. What make your life happy – money or contentment or both ? Discuss.
2. Who is a happy man ?
Ans. A man whose desire is in a limit is a happy man.
3. How many of you want to be happy? What constitutes happiness ?
Ans. Every of us wants to be happy. Satisfaction alone constitutes happiness.
4. How inay a man be happy ?
Ans. If a man controls over his desires and gets satisfaction what he has may be happy.
5. Who is a blessed inan ?
Ans. The man whose days pass away without any worriness, is a blessed man.
6. How does a happy man spend bis time?
Ans. A happy man spends his time to sleep soundly, study meditatively and entertain sweetly.
7. What are the features of a happy life?
Ans. Contentment without any care and anxiety are the features of a happy life.
8. What is an ode ?
Ans. The term ‘ode’ is usually employed for a long poem. Serious in subject, exalted in style and elaborate in its stanzaic structure. Example- ‘Ode On Solitude’.
9. Have you ever visited a remote village adorned with natural beauty and a capital town full of sky-scrappers ? Which one’would you like and why ?
Ans. Yes, I would like a remote village adorned with natural beauty which can make our life happy and natural.
10. What is the secret of a happy life ?
Ans. It is a well known fact that ‘Wants’ are unlimited. No man can get all what he desires. It means “Wants’ can’t be ended, so we will have to control over our desires. Contentment gives us peace and happy life.
11. The poet thinks that those who are contented with what they have are happy men. Do you agree? Give reasons.
Ans. Yes, I agree with the above statement. We know that “Desire’ has no end. If a man gets his one desire satisfied, another must arise in his mind. It is a vicious circle that goes and goes and never ends. Therefore it is better to be satisfied what we have or what we can earn with our hard work.
12. Is the title of the poem is justified? Can you suggest any other title? Give reasons for your choice.
Ans. The title of the poem is justified. In this poem, the poet has presented a peaceful life which is possible only when a man feels himself alone. He has no desire, no greed, Then only the life may be peaceful. Yes, I can suggest an apt title ‘Quiet Life’. When the life is quiet, we will get all pleasures what a man desires.
13. Why does the poet want to live and die stealthily from the world? How many of you would like to do so? And Why ? Or, How does Alexander Pope want to live alone ?
Ans. The poet thinks that life has now become restless due to more population and desire of getting more and more. If a man controls his greed and wants, he must get a happy life. That’s why the poet wants to live unseen and unknown and die unlamented. Most of us don’t want so because we always try to get fame.
14. What does the speaker mean by Together mixed sweet recreation. Can these things be mixed? Have you ever tried to do so ?
Ans. The speaker wants to say that work is essential for getting our goal. But more work makes a man tired. Recreation gives us fresh energy which once more makes us ready to work heartly. If both are mixed in a balanced way, the life of a man would be happy. So, I always do so; not only trying to do so.