Short questions and answers of Asleep in the Valley

1. What was Rimbaud's nationality?  
Ans:- Rimbaud's nationality was French. He was a Frenchman.

2. Point out the division of Octave and Sestet.

Ans:-The octave is divided into two quatrains and the sestet into two tercets.

3. What is the rhyme scheme of the quatrains and tercets?

Ans:-The quatrains follow the abcb rhyme scheme, and the tercets, aab.

4. What is the theme of the poem 'Asleep in the valley'?  
Ans:- The theme of the poem is the futility of war.

5. Where from does the sunrays come?  Ans:- The stream of sunrays comes from the mountaintop.

6. How old is the soldier?  
Ans:- The soldier is very young.  

7. How does the soldier lie?  
Ans:- The soldier lies open mouthed.  

8. What is the soldier's pillow made of?  Ans:- The soldier's pillow is made of fern.

9. Where is the body of the soldier stretched out?  
Ans:- The body of the soldier is stretched out in the heavy undergrowth.

10. What does the expression 'heavy undergrowth' suggest?  
Ans:- The 'heavy undergrowth refers to the bushes and plants among which the soldier sleeps peacefully.

11. How does the poet describe the soldier's smile?  
Ans:- The young soldier's smile is as pure and innocent as that of a child.

12. Where do the soldier's feet lie?  
Ans:- The soldier's feet lie among flowers.  

13. Where does the slow stream flow?  Ans:- The slow stream flows through the valley.

14. From where is the sun shining in the valley ?

Ans:- In the valley the sun is shining from the mountain top.

15. What does the poet say nature to do ?

Ans:- The poet says nature to keep the soldier warm.

16. What are the sunrays compared with ? 
Ans:- The sunrays are compared to a softly flowing stream .

17. What does the poet ask Nature to do ? Ans:- The poet asks Nature to take pity on the soldier sleeping in the valley and provide him warmth so that he may not catch cold .

18. What are the insects doing ?
Ans:- The insects are humming , perhaps trying to wake the soldier from his sleep , but in vain .

19. What do the two red holes depict ? Ans:- The two red holes depict bullet wounds in the soldier's body and the poet reveals the fact that the soldier is dead .

20. What is meant by the phrase ' Sun - soaked bed ' ? 
Ans:- The phrase ' sun soaked bed suggests that the valley absorbs the warmth of the sun and lush vegetation grows there abundantly .

21. How can you say that ' Asleep in the Valley ' is an anti - war poem ?
Ans:- Asleep in the Valley ' is an anti - war poem because the ending of the poem implies our pity at the untimely and unfortunate death of a young soldier .

22. Where do the soldier's feet lie ? 
Ans:- The soldier's feet lie among flowers .

23. Where does the slow stream flow ? Ans:- The slow stream flows through the valley .

24. How does the stream look like ?
Ans:- The stream looks like long strands of silver .

25. What is suggested by the word ' hollow ' ?
Ans:- The word ' hollow ' suggests a valley surrounded by mountains . 

26. What can't disturb the soldier's sleep now ?

Ans:- The humming insects can't disturb the soldier's sleep now.

27. How many holes are there in the soldier's body ?

Ans:- In the soldier's body there are two red holes.

28. Where are the soldier's feet ?

Ans:- The soldier's feet are among the flowers.

29. What is the original title of the poem “Asleep in the Valley”?
Ans:- The original title of the poem “Asleep in the Valley” is “Le Dormeur du Val”.  It means "The Sleeper of the Valley".

30. What type of sonnet is “Asleep in the Valley”?
Ans:- “Asleep in the Valley” is an Italian sonnet.

31. Mention the background that the poet uses in “Asleep in the Valley”?
Ans:- The Franco Prussian War is used as the background for the poem “Asleep in the Valley”.