২০২৭ সালের এসএসসি পরীক্ষার পাঠ্যসূচি অনুসারে দশম শ্রেণির শিক্ষার্থীদের প্রস্তুতি: ইংরেজি প্রথম পত্র
Unit-4: Events and Festivals
Lesson-2: May Day
শাহীনা আজিজ
সিনিয়র শিক্ষক, ইংরেজি
লেক সার্কাস গার্লস হাই স্কুল
কলাবাগান, ঢাকা
(গত ৫ সেপ্টেম্বর প্রকাশের পর)
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written. 1×8=8
(a) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food.
(b) Then he disguised himself as a poor traveler and supported himself by begging.
(c) As a result, he burnt his fingers.
(d) He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat.
(e) Once young Taimur attacked a province but unfortunately his soldiers were all killed.
(f) The food was very hot.
(g) One day, he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat.
(h) He hurriedly dug his fingers right at the middle of the dish.
8. Answer the following questions from the poems of your textbook. [any 5 out of 8] 2×5=10
Important questions from the poem “O Me! O Life” by Walt Whitman
(a)Why does the speaker in the question section of the poem “O Me! O Life” reproach himself?
(b) What type of people does the poet find around him in the poem “O Me! O Life”?
(c) What is the tone of the poem “O Me! O Life”?
(d) Explain the mood of the speaker of the poem “O Me! O Life”?
(e) Comment on the theme of the poem “O Me! O Life”?
(f) What does the poet mean by ‘useless years ‘in the poem “O Me! O Life”?
(g) Is age an identity marker? What are the attributes of old age in the poem “O Me! O Life”?
(h) What ‘faith’ does the poet refer to in the poem “O Me! O Life”?
Answer: 7. The parts of stories can appear in the following order: e), b), g), d), a), f), h), c).
8. a. The speaker in the question section of the poem “O Me! O Life” reproaches himself because he is dissatisfied with life. He does not find the meaning of life in his society as the foolish and faithless people are always struggling without knowing the meaning of life.
b. In the poem “O Me! O Life” the poet finds that people in the society are faithless and foolish. They do not know the meaning of life. Their life is full of despair and frustration.
c. The poem “O Me! O Life” has a pessimistic tone in the first section where the poet being frustrated asks so many questions to himself. In the first section, the poet expresses his despair, sadness and frustration. But in the answer section the poet expresses himself in an optimistic tone.
d. The speaker of the poem “O Me! O Life” is sad and frustrating. His life is full of despair and hopelessness. He finds no meaning of his existence in the world in the beginning part of the poem. But in the ending part the speaker expresses his positive mood as he finds the meaning of life.
e. The poem deals with the meaning of life. As the poet is in despair, he asks himself about the significance of life in the world. Life has no meaning to him. But suddenly a voice repeatedly answers that living a human being on this earth is enough for a meaningful identity and a significant existence.
f. By ‘useless years’ the poet means the time that we spend or misuse during our lifetime to gain some meaningless, insignificant and sometimes immoral things.
g. Age is an identity marker. This statement is true to a great extent. In course of time, man ages and becomes old. His/her way of thinking changes. The attributes of old age are- in old age, people start believing in the meaningful activities of human life and start thinking about the purpose of existence of life on this earth. Getting and spending money in worldly life becomes less important. People in old age introspect on what they have contributed to the earth and society in a meaningful way.
h. In the poem, the poet mentions that faith exists in people’s conduct and dealings. It is this faith which is needed to build up society based on mutual trust depending on giving promises and keeping them right. This faith refers to the belief that one never betrays another.
