Class 9 English Poem Chapter 5 A Legend of The Northland

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A Legend of The Northland

POEM SECTION

TEXTUAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS:(অনুশীলনীর প্রশ্নোত্তর)

THINKING ABOUT THE POEM

Q.I. 1. Which country or countries do you think “the Northland” refers to? – কোন্ দেশ অথবা দেশগুলি তুমি মনে করো এখানে ‘নর্থল্যাণ্ড’ বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. It is a country in the north where days are short and nights are long.

2. What did Saint Peter ask the old lady for? What was the lady’s reaction? – সন্ত পিটার বৃদ্ধ মহিলাকে কী জিজ্ঞেস করেছিলেন? মহিলার প্রতিক্রিয়া কী হয়েছিল?

Ans. Saint Peter asked the old lady for alms. The lady Denaved miserly and kept changing the size of the cake but could not give him anything to eat.

3. How did he punish her? – তিনি কাকে কী শাস্তি দিয়েছিলেন?

Ans. He cursed her and made her a woodpecker.

4. How does the woodpecker get its food? – কাঠঠোকরা কীভাবে তার খাদ্য সংগ্রহ করে।

Ans. The woodpecker bores the hard and dry wood to get its food.

5. Do you think that the old lady would have been so ungenerous if she had known who Saint Peter really was

What would she have done then? – তুমি কি মনে করো যে বৃদ্ধ মহিলাটি অনুদার হতেন না যদি তিনি জানতেন সন্ত পিটার আসলে কে ছিলেন ? তখন তিনি কী করতেন?

Ans. No, she would not have done this. She might have given him the smallest piece of cake.

6. Is this a true story? Which part of this poem do you feel is the most important? – এটি কি একটি সত্য ঘটনা? কবিতাটির কোন্ অংশটিকে তোমার সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বলে মনে হয়েছে?

Ans. No, it is an imaginative story. It is a legend. The third stanza of the poem is very important.

7. What is a legend? Why is this poem called a legend? – উপকথা কী? কেন এই কবিতাটিকে উপকথা বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. A legend is a story from ancient times about people and events.The title of the poem tells that it is a legend. The poet himself says that ‘l don’t believe it is true’.

8. Write the story of ‘A Legend of the Northland’ in about ten sentences. – দশটি বাক্যে ‘নর্থল্যাণ্ডের উপকথা ‘ সম্বন্ধে একটি গল্প লেখো।

Ans. The poem is a story of an old woman. She is asked by Saint Peter for alms who has become weak with fasting and travelling. But her greed forces her not to give him anything. He becomes angry and makes her a woodpecker who bores hard and dry wood to get food. Her clothes are burnt to ashes and she is left with a cap on her head. She continues boring into hard wood for her little food.

Q.II. 1. Let’s look at words at the end of the second and fourth lines, viz., ‘snows and clothes’, true’ and you’, ‘below’ and Tebow’. We find that snows’ rhymes with ‘clothes’, ‘true’ rhymes with you’ and “below rhymes with Tebow’. Find more such rhyming words.- দ্বিতীয় ও চতুর্থ লাইনে শব্দগুলির দিকে তাকাও, যেমন, ‘snows’ এবং ‘clothes, ‘true’ ও ‘you’, ‘below’ ও know’।‌ আমরা দেখেছি যে ‘snows’ – র সঙ্গে অন্তমিলে  ‘clothes’, ‘true’ -র সঙ্গে অন্তমিলে ‘you’ এবং ‘below’-র সঙ্গে ‘know’-র অন্তমিল বয়েছে। আরও অন্তমিলযুক্ত শব্দ বার করো।

2. Go to the local library or talk to older persons in your locality and find legends in your own language. Tell the class these legends. – স্থানীয় গ্ৰন্থাগারে যাও অথবা বৃদ্ধ মানুষের সঙ্গে করো এবং তোমার নিজের ভাষায় উপকথা খুঁজে বার করো। এই উপকথাগুলি শ্রেণিকক্ষে বলো।

Aus. Do yourself.

Q.3. Which place is discussed in the extract? – উদ্ধৃত অংশে কোন্ জায়গার কথা আলোচনা করা হয়েছে?

Ans. Northland is discussed here.

Q.4. What specific qualities of the place are mentioned in the stanza? – পঙ্কক্তিটিতে জায়গাটির কোন্ বিশেষ গুণাবলির কথা বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. The specific qualities of the place are:

(i) Hours of the day are few. and 

(ii) Nights are long in Winter.

Q.5. Whose legend does the poem narrate? – কোন্ উপকথা কবিতাটিতে বর্ণনা করা হয়েছে?

Ans. The poem narrates the legend of an old lady.

Q. 6. Who are the children compared to? – শিশুদের কিসের সঙ্গে তুলনা করা হয়েছে?

Ans. The children are compared to the bear’s cub.

Q.7. Where is a reindeer harnessed to? – রেনডিয়ারকে কীসের সঙ্গে জোড়া হয়?

Ans. A reindeer is harnessed to the sledges.

S.L. No.	CONTENTS
	BEEHIVE (PROSE SECTION)
Chapter – 1	The Fun They Hed
Chapter – 2	The Sound Of Music
Chapter – 3	The Little Girl
Chapter – 4	A Truly Beautiful Mind
Chapter – 5	The Snake And The Mirror
Chapter – 6	My Childhood
Chapter – 7	Packing
Chapter – 8	Reach For The Top
Chapter – 9	The Bond Of Love
Chapter – 10	Kathmandu
Chapter – 11	If I Were You
	SUPPLEMENTARY SECTION
Chapter – 12	The Green Revolution And Save The Seeds Movement
Chapter – 13	Trees
Chapter – 14	Mirror
Chapter – 15	Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening
	POEM SECTION
Chapter – 1	The Road Not Taken
Chapter – 2	Wind
Chapter – 3	Rain On The Roof
Chapter – 4	The Lake Isle Of Innisfree
Chapter – 5	A Legend Of The Northland
Chapter – 6	No Men Are Foreign
Chapter – 7	The Duck And The Kangaroo
Chapter – 8	On Killing A Tree
Chapter – 9	The Snake Tring
Chapter – 10	A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
	MOMENTS SECTION
Chapter – 1	The Lost Child
Chapter – 2	The Adventures Of Toto
Chapter – 3	Iswaran The Storyteller
Chapter – 4	In The Kingdom Of Fools
Chapter – 5	The Happy Prince
Chapter – 6	Weathering The Storm In Ersama
Chapter – 7	The Last Leaf
Chapter – 8	A House Is Not A Home
Chapter – 9	The Accidental Tourist
Chapter – 10	The Beggar
Chapter – 11	A Visit To Kaziranga And Sivasagar

Q.8. What kind of clothes do children wear? – কী ধরনের পোশাক শিশুরা পরিধান করে?

Ans. Children wear furry clothes.

Q.9. Who does not believe in the story? – কে এই গল্পটি বিশ্বাস করতেন না?

Ans. The poet does not believe in the story.

Q.10. Why does the poet narrate the tale? – লেখক কেন গল্পটি বলেছেন?

Ans. The poet narrates it because it has a moral lesson.

Q.11. Who is the poet? – কবি কে ছিলেন?

Ans. The poct is Phoebe Cary.

Q.12. Who was Peter? – পিটার কে ছিলেন?

Ans. Peter was a saint.

Q.13. Where did he live? – তিনি কোথায় থাকতেন?

Ans. He lived in Northland.

Q.14. What did he do? – তিনি কী করতেন?

Ans. She was baking cakes.

Q.15. Who does “He’ refer to? – এখানে ‌’তাকে’ বলতে কাকে বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. ‘He’ here refers to Saint Peter.

Q.16. Whom did he meet? – তাঁর সঙ্গে কার সাক্ষাৎ হল?

Ans. He met with a woman.

Q.17. What was she doing? – সে কী করছিল?

Ans. He used to preach.

Q.18. Who wan on fast? – কে ক্ষুর্ধাত ছিল?

Ans.The ain’t Wa on Fast.

Q.19. What did the visitor demand for? – আগত ব্যক্তিটি কী চেয়েছিল?

Ans. The vinitor demanded for cake.

Q.20. Who does her’ refer to? – এখানে ‘তাকে’ কাকে বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. Here Tier refers to the woman.

Q.21. Name the poem and the poet. – কবিতা ও কবির নাম লেখো।

Ans. The poem is ‘A Legend of the Northland’ and the poet is Phoebe Cary.

Q.22. What did the little woman do? – কবিতা ও কবির নাম লেখো।

Ans. The little woman made a little cake.

Q.23. What did she notice when it was baked? – যখন সে কেক বানাচ্ছিল তখন সে কী দেখল?

Ans. When it was baked she found it too large.

Q.24. Who does she’ refer to in the first line? – প্রথম লাইনে ‘সে’ বলতে কাকে বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. Here ‘she’ refers to the little woman.

Q.25. What did she do? – সে কী করেছিল?

Ans. She kneaded it again.

Q.26. What did she notice when she turned that cake Over? – সে‌ কী লক্ষ করেছিল যখন সে অন্য কেক তৈরি করছিল?

Ans. She found it as large as the first.

Q.27. Who is ‘she’ in the first line? – এখানে প্রথম লাইনে ‘সে’ কে?

Ans. ‘She here is the little woman.

Q.28. What did she do? – সে কী করেছিল?

Ans. She took a tiny scrap of dough, rolled it and made it thin.

Q.29. What happened ultimately? – শেষ পর্যন্ত কী ঘটেছিল?

Ans. Ultimately she could not give the cake to saint.

Q.30. Who is the speaker in these lines? – এই লাইনগুলির বক্তা কে?

Ans. The little woman baker is the speaker in these lines.

Q.31. When do the cakes seem Big? – কখন কেকগুলি বড় হয়ে যেত? 

Ans. The cakes seem big when the speaker gives them to the poor.

Q.32. Where did she put them? – সেগুলি সে কোথায় রাখত?

Ans. She put them on. the shelf.

Q.33. How did Saint Peter feel?- সন্ত পিটার কী অনুভব করলেন?

Ans. A. Saint Peter became angry.

Q.34. Why could he not tolerate the little woman? – কেন তিনি ছোট মহিলাকে সহ্য করতে পারলেন না?

Ans. “You’ refers to the little woman.

Q.35. What did the saint say about her? – কেন সন্ত এই প্রকার বলেছিলেন?

Ans. The saint said about the woman that she was selfish.

Q.36. Name the poem and the poet. – কবিতার নাম ও কবির নাম লেখ।

Ans. The poem is ‘A Legend of the Northland and the poet  is Phoebe Gary.

Q.37. What does you refer to in the first line? – প্রথম লাইনে ‘তুমি’ কাকে বলা হয়েছে? 

Ans. He could not tolerate the little woman because he was hungry and feeling exhausted. He felt irritated at the woman’s attitude.

Q.38. Who made him angry? – কে তাঁকে রাগিয়ে দিল?

Ans. The little woman made him angry.

Q.39. Who does you’ refer to? – এখানে ‘তুমি’ বলতে কাকে বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. You’ here refers to the baker.

Q.40. What did the saint say? – সন্ত কী বলেছিলেন?

Ans. The saint cursed her.

Q.41. How will the baker get her food now? – এখন রুটিওয়ালা কেমন করে তার খাবার খাবে।

Ans. The baker got her food now by boring the hard drywood.

Q. 42. How did she go out of the room? – সে কেমন করে ঘরের বাইরে চলে গেল?

Ans. She went out of the room through the chimney.

Q.43. Who changed her into a bird? – কে তাকে পাখিতে পরিবর্তিত করে দিল?

Ans. The saint changed her into a bird.

Q.44. Who does ‘she’ refer to in the fourth line? – চতুর্থ লাইনে ‘সে’বলতে কাকে বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. ‘She here refers to the baker.

Q.45. What did she have on her head? – তার মাথার ওপর কী ছিল?

Ans. She had a scarlet cap on her head.

Q.46. What happened to the cap? – টুপিটির কী হল?

Ans. The cap remained the same.

Q.47. What happened to her clothes? – তার জামাকাপড়ের কী হল?

Ans. Her clothes were burnt to ashes.

Q.48. Who does “her’ refer to in the second line? – দ্বিতীয় লাইনে ‘তার’ বলতে কাকে বলা হয়েছে?

Ans. Her here refers to both of the baker and the woodpecker.

Q.49. Where does she live at present? – কোথায় এখন সে থাকে?

Ans. At present she lives. in the trees.

Q.50. C. How does she get her food? – সে কেমন করে খাদ্য পায়?

Ans. She gets her food by boring.

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