UP Board Class 10 English Chapter 6 – Amanda! (Poetry)
UP Board Class 10 English Chapter 6 – Amanda! (Poetry)
UP Board Solutions for Class 10 English Chapter 6 – Amanda! (Poetry)
Stanza-Wise Explanation of the Poem
1. Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!
Explanation In these lines, Amanda, a little girl, is being scolded and instructed by her mother for her actions. Amanda is advised to stop biting her nails, which is a bad habit. She is told to sit up straight without bending her shoulders because her mother wants her to sit in the right posture.
The last word ‘Amanda!’ is used with an exclamation mark, which shows the irritation and frustration of Amanda’s mother.
व्याख्या इन पंक्तियों में, अमाण्डा, एक छोटी बच्ची अपने कार्यों के लिए अपनी माँ से डाँट खा रही है तथा हिदायत (सीख) ले रही है। अमाण्डा को अपने नाखून नहीं कुतरने की सलाह दी जाती है, क्योंकि यह एक बुरी आदत है। उसे बिना कंधे झुकाए सीधे बैठने को भी कहा जाता है, क्योंकि उसकी माँ उसे सही मुद्रा में बिठाना चाहती है।
अन्त में ‘अमाण्डा !’ शब्द को एक विस्मयादिबोधक चिह्न के साथ उपयोग किया गया है, जो अमाण्डा की माँ की चिड़चिड़ाहट एवं निराशा को दर्शाता है।
2. (There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me-
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
Explanation Amanda is lost in her world of imagination while her mother is instructing her. In her world, she imagines that she is a mermaid that lives alone in the beautiful green sea. She imagines an imaginary sea creature having a woman’s head and body with a fish’s tail instead of legs that as a mermaid she would move in the soft waves of the sea. She believes that as a mermaid, her life would be peaceful and relaxing.
व्याख्या अमाण्डा अपनी काल्पनिक दुनिया में खोई है, जबकि उसकी माँ उसे हिदायत दे रही हैं। अपनी दुनिया में, वह कल्पना करती है कि वह एक जलपरी है, जो सुन्दर हरे समुद्र में अकेली रहती है। वह कल्पना करती है कि एक जलपरी की भाँति वह समुद्र की मंद लहरों में तेरेगी। उसका विश्वास है कि एक जलपरी के रूप में उसका जीवन शान्तिपूर्ण एवं आरामदायक होगा।
3. Did you finish your homework, Amanda ?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda ?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda !
Explanation In these lines, Amanda is being inquired about her work. Amanda’s mother is asking whether she has finished her homework and whether she has cleaned her room. Amanda is also reminded that she was told to clean her shoes.
व्याख्या इन पंक्तियों में, अमाण्डा से उसके कार्य के विषय में पूछा जा रहा . है। अमाण्डा की माँ पूछ रही है कि उसने अपना गृहकार्य पूर्ण किया अथवा नहीं तथा अपना कमरा व्यवस्थित किया अथवा नहीं। अमाण्डा को उसके जूते साफ करने के बारे में भी याद दिलाया जाता है।
4. (I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)
Explanation Again, Amanda is not paying any attention to her mother: Amanda is in her world of imagination. She imagines that she is an orphan child who is freely roaming around the street. She has no shoes on her feet and is making patterns on the soft dust with her quiet and bare feet. She is loving the silence and freedom to do anything in her world of imagination.
व्याख्या एक बार फिर अमाण्डा अपनी माँ की ओर ध्यान नहीं दे रही है। अमाण्डा स्वयं की काल्पनिक दुनिया में है। वह कल्पना करती है कि वह एक अनाथ बालिका है, जो आजादी से गलियों में भटक रही है। उसके पैरों में जूते नहीं हैं और वह अपने नंगे पैरों से शान्ति से नर्म धूल पर चित्र बना रही है। वह काल्पनिक दुनिया में मिलने वाली शान्ति एवं कुछ भी करने की आजादी से प्रेम कर रही होती है।
5. Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda!
Remember your acne, Amanda !
Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you, Amanda !
Explanation In these lines, Amanda is instructed by her mother not to eat chocolates. She is reminded that eating chocolates had previously caused her acne (pimples). However, as Amanda is lost in her own thoughts, she is not paying attention to her mother. So, her mother strictly asks her to listen to what is being told to her.
व्याख्या इन पंक्तियों में, अमाण्डा को उसकी माँ द्वारा चॉकलेट न खाने की हिदायत दी जा रही है। उसको यह याद दिलाया जाता है कि चॉकलेट खाने की वजह से अतीत में उसे मुहांसे हो गए थे। हालाँकि, अमाण्डा अपने ही विचारों में खोई हुई है, वह अपनी माँ पर ध्यान नहीं दे रही है। इसलिए उसकी माँ उसे सख्ती से, जो कहा जा रहा है, उसे सुनने को कहती है।
6. (I am Rapunzel, I have not a care;
life in a tower is tranquil and rare;
I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!)
Explanation Amanda is still in her world of imagination. Now, she dreams of herself as Rapunzel (character of a German fairy tale) who lived alone in a tower. As Rapunzel, she will not have to worry about anything and her life would be calm and peaceful in the tower. She emphasises that unlike Rapunzel, she would never let her hair down or permit anyone to come inside the tower.
व्याख्या अमाण्डा अब भी अपनी काल्पनिक दुनिया में है। अब, वह स्वयं की रेप्यूनजल के रूप में कल्पना कर रही है (परियों की एक जर्मन कहानी का ‘किरदार) जो एक मीनार में अकेली रहती थी। रेप्यूनजल के रूप में, उसको किसी चीज की चिन्ता नहीं करनी पड़ेगी एवं मीनार में उसका जीवन शान्तिपूर्ण रहेगा । वह इस बात पर बल देती है कि रेप्यूनजल के विपरीत, वह कभी अपने लम्बे बाल नहीं खोलेगी और किसी को भी मीनार में स्वयं के पास आने की अनुमति नहीं देगी।
7. Stop that sulking at once, Amanda !
You’re always so moody, Amanda !
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda !
Explanation In these lines, Amanda seems annoyed due to constant instructions.
Amanda’s mother is asking her to stop being upset and moody. She said that her ( Amanda ) upset, behaviour will show to anyone that she is disturbed due to her mother’s constant instructions.
व्याख्या इन पंक्तियों में, अमाण्डा अपनी माँ की हिदायतों पर कोई प्रतिक्रिया नहीं दे रही है। ऐसा प्रतीत होता है कि वह लगातार दी जाने वाली हिदायतों से परेशान है।
अमाण्डा की माँ उसे निराश एवं उदासीन रहना बन्द करने के लिए कह रही है। वह कहती है कि अमाण्डा का निराशापूर्ण व्यवहार किसी को भी यह दर्शाएगा कि वह अपनी माँ द्वारा निरन्तर दी जाने वाली हिदायतों से परेशान है।
Central Idea of the Poem
परीक्षा में Poetry भाग की किन्हीं भी दो Poems के नाम दिए जाते हैं, जिनमें से किसी एक Poem का Central Idea लिखना होता है।
‘Amanda’ is a poem about child psychology. The poem tells us about a little girl, Amanda. She is constantly and continuously being scolded most probably by her mother. But she is lost in her own world. The frequent interferences make her very unhappy. She wants freedom from all restrictions and dreams of leading the life of a mermaid in the emerald sea where she is the only inhabitant. She feels that an orphan has more freedom than her. The little girl does not pay attention to what her mother is saying. The poem thus, asserts that parents must give some freedom to growing children. Constant scolding may adversely affect a child’s development.
कविता ‘अमाण्डा’ बच्चे की मनोवृत्ति के विषय में है। यह कविता हमें एक छोटी बच्ची ‘अमाण्डा’ के बारे में बताती है। वह हमेशा एवं निरन्तर रूप से सम्भवतः उसकी माँ से डाँट खाती रहती है, किन्तु वह स्वयं की दुनिया में खोई रहती है। बार-बार होने वाली टोका-टाकी उसे बहुत अप्रसन्न कर देती है। वह सभी पाबन्दियों से मुक्ति चाहती है तथा एक जलपरी के समान जीवन जीने का स्वप्न देखती है, जहाँ चमकीले हरे समुद्र की वह एकमात्र निवासी हो। वह यह महसूस करती है कि एक अनाथ बच्चे के पास उससे ज्यादा आजादी है। यह छोटी बच्ची अपनी माँ द्वारा कही गई बातों पर ध्यान नहीं देती है। कविता फिर यह दावा करती है कि अभिभावकों को बड़े होते बच्चों को निश्चित रूप से थोड़ी आजादी देनी ही चाहिए। लगातार डाँट लगाना सम्भवतः बच्चे के विकास पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव डालता है।
Part A Objective Questions
Extract Based Questions
परीक्षा में पाठ्य पुस्तक से किसी भी Poem का एक अंश (Stanza) दिया जाता है तथा उस पर आधारित 2 प्रश्नों के उत्तर देने होते हैं। यहाँ पर Stanza के साथ 2 से अधिक Questions दिए गए हैं, जो केवल विद्यार्थियों के सम्पूर्ण अभ्यास के लिए हैं। परीक्षा में 1-1 अंकों के 2 ही Questions पूछे जाएँगे।
Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.
1. Don’t bite your nails, Amanda !
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda !
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda !
Questions
Q. 1. Who is getting all the instructions?
सभी निर्देश किसे दिए जा रहे हैं?
(a) Amanda
(b) Wanda
(c) Peggy
(d) Maddie
Ans. (a) Amanda
Q. 2. What is Amanda doing to her nails?
अमाण्डा अपने नाखूनों के साथ क्या कर रही है ?
(a) Painting
(b) Cutting
(c) Biting
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Biting
Q. 3. What is the meaning of ‘slouching’ in the extract?
पद्यांश में ‘Slouching’ का क्या अर्थ है ?
(a) Bend
(b) Sit in a lazy way
(c) Lie down
(d) Bend backwards
Ans. (b) Sit in a lazy way
2. (There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
Questions
Q. 1. Who is the sole inhabitant of the sea ?
समुद्र का एकमात्र निवासी कौन है?
(a) Wanda
(b) Peggy
(c) Maddie
(d) Amanda
Ans. (d) Amanda
Q. 2. What has Amanda become in her imagination ?
अमाण्डा अपनी कल्पना में क्या बन जाती है?
(a) Mermaid
(b) Scientist
(c) School teacher
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Mermaid
Q. 3. How is the sea?
समुद्र कैसा है?
(a) Emerald green in colour
(b) Peaceful
(c) Solitary
(d) Both (a ) and (b)
Ans. (d) Both (a ) and (b)
3. Did you finish your homework, Amanda ?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda ?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda !
Questions
Q. 1. What was Amanda supposed to finish?
अमाण्डा को क्या खत्म करना था ?
(a) Cooking
(b) Homework
(c) Milk
(d) None of these
Ans. (b) Homework
Q. 2. What was Amanda told to clean?
अमाण्डा को क्या साफ करने के लिए कहा गया था?
(a) Her table
(b) Her uniform
(c) Her room
(d) Her book shelf
Ans. (c) Her room
Q. 3. ‘I thought I told you to clean your shoes’. Who is ‘I’ here?
‘I thought I told you to clean your shoes’. यहाँ ‘I’ कौन है?
(a) Amanda
(b) Amanda’s mother
(c) The poet
(d) Amanda’s friend
Ans. (b) Amanda’s mother
4. (I am an orphan, roaming the street.
I pattern soft dust with my hushed, bare feet.
The silence is golden, the freedom is sweet.)
Questions
Q. 1. What has Amanda imagined herself to be in this stanza?
अमाण्डा ने इस छन्द में स्वयं को क्या बनने की कल्पना की है?
(a) Orphan
(b) Mermaid
(c) Rapunzel
(d) None of these
Ans. (a) Orphan
Q. 2. Where does the orphan roam?
अनाथ कहाँ भटकता है?
(a) Village
(b) City
(c) Streets
(d) None of these
Ans. (c) Streets
Q. 3. What does she want to do as an orphan?
एक अनाथ के रूप में वह क्या करना चाहती है?
(a) Walk freely in the streets
(b) Play in dust with bare feet
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c) Both (a) and (b)
Part B Descriptive Type Questions
Short Answer Type Questions
Q. 1. Justify the title of the poem ‘Amanda’.
कविता के शीर्षक ‘Amanda’ को उचित सिद्ध कीजिए।
Ans. The title of the poem ‘Amanda’ is very appropriate. The poem is about a little girl, Amanda, who is constantly scolded by her mother.
Throughout the poem, the focus is on Amanda and her world of imagination. In this world, she lives a free and peaceful life without any interruptions.
Q. 2. Why does Amanda seem moody most of the time?
अमाण्डा अधिक समय उदास क्यों लगती है? .
Ans. Amanda seems moody most of the time because she is so involved in her world of imagination that she does not pay attention to her mother. Amanda often escapes from reality into her world of fantasy to get away from the continuous scoldings. Her day dreaming makes her look moody and uninterested.
Q. 3. Do you think it is Amanda’s fault in the poem? Justify your answer.
क्या आपको लगता है कि कविता में अमाण्डा की गलती है? अपने उत्तर को उचित सिद्ध कीजिए।
Ans. No, Amanda is not at fault. In the poem, Amanda is constantly instructed and scolded by her mother. Her mother restricts her freedom. Amanda desires the peace and freedom which is not granted to her. So, she escapes into her own world where she enjoys the calmness.
Q. 4. Does Amanda’s mother have a nagging behaviour? Justify your answer.
क्या अमाण्डा की माता का व्यवहार अवगुण ढूँढ़ने वाला है? अपने उत्तर को तर्कसंगत सिद्ध कीजिए ।
Ans. Yes, Amanda’s mother has a nagging behaviour. She is always instructing Amanda and finding faults with her.
Her mother constantly tells. her the do’s and don’ts. Such nagging behaviour affects Amanda who feels that her freedom is restricted. Amanda’s mother’s responsibility to instill (develop) good manners in the child makes Amanda retreat (escape) into her imagination where she seeks peace and freedom.
Q. 5. Would you call Amanda a disrespectful child? Provide one reason to justify your opinion.
क्या आप अमाण्डा को असभ्य बच्चा बुलाएँगे। अपने विचार को उचित सिद्ध करने के लिए एक कारण दीजिए।
Ans. Yes, we can call Amanda a disrespectful child because she does not respond to her parent’s repeated instructions. She is lost in her imagination and does not even look towards her mother when she is yelling at her.
Q. 6. How old do you think Amanda is? How do you know this? [2024, NCERT]
आप क्या सोचते हैं अमाण्डा कितने वर्ष की है? आपने यह किस प्रकार जाना?
Ans. Amanda is a little, (8-12 years) school going girl.
We know this because of the reference of a mermaid and Rapunzel. Also, the instructions given to her, for doing homework, nail biting, correcting posture, etc., are generally given to children of such an age group.
Q. 7. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid? [NCERT]
यदि अमाण्डा जलपरी होती, तो वह क्या कर सकती थी?
Ans. If Amanda were a mermaid, she could be the only resident of the beautiful green sea where she would float in the soft waves of the sea. There, she could relax and enjoy her freedom.
Q8. Is Amanda an orphan? Why does she say so? [NCERT]
क्या अमाण्डा एक अनाथ है? वह ऐसा क्यों कहती है?
Ans. No, Amanda is not an orphan though she wishes to be an orphan. She says so because she is upset at being scolded again and again by her mother. Thus, she thinks that if she had been an orphan, she would be free and her life would be peaceful.
Q. 9. Do you know the story of Rapunzel? Why does she want to be Rapunzel? [NCERT, 2023]
क्या आप रेप्यूनजेल की कहानी जानते हैं? वह रेप्यूनजेल क्यों बनना चाहती है ?
Ans. Rapunzel was a beautiful golden-haired princess who lived in a tower. She had very long hair by which she used to allow people to come into her tower..
Amanda believes that Rapunzel’s life in the lonely tower would be very happy. So, she wanted to be Rapunzel and wishes to live in such a tower, away from everyone. She even imagines that in order to live a happy life she would never allow anyone to come into her tower.
Q. 10. Who do you think is speaking to her? [NCERT]
आपके अनुसार उससे कौन बोल रहा है?
Ans. Anyone of Amanda’s elders or parents is speaking to her. From the instructions given to Amanda, it is most probably Amanda’s mother. It can be inferred from the fact that usually in a traditional household, the behaviour and conduct of a child is the responsibility of the mother, rather than the father.
Q. 11. Why are stanzas 2, 4 and 6 given in parenthesis? [NCERT]
पद्यांश 2, 4 और 6 कोष्ठक में क्यों दिए गए हैं?
Ans. Stanza 2, 4 and 6 are given in parenthesis because they reflect the inner thoughts of Amanda. She is lost in her dream world and is not listening to what her mother is asking/telling her.
Q. 12. Who is the speaker in stanzas 2, 4 and 6? Do you think this speaker is listening to the speaker in stanzas 1, 3, 5 and 7? [NCERT]
पद्यांश 2, 4 एवं 6 में वक्ता कौन है? क्या यह वक्ता छन्द 1, 3, 5 एवं 7 के वक्ता को सुन रहा है?
Ans. The speaker in stanza 2, 4 and 6 is the child, Amanda. No, Amanda is not listening to the speaker of stanza 1, 3, 5 and 7 as she is lost in the world of her imagination.
Q. 13. What type of life does Amanda wish for? Explain giving an example.
अमाण्डा किस प्रकार के जीवन की कामना करती है? उदाहरण देते हुए समझाए।
Ans. Amanda wishes a life of peace and serenity wherein no one would constantly give her instructions. She says so because she is upset at being scolded again and again by her mother. Amanda believes that her life as a mermaid, orphan and Rapunzel would be very happy.
Q. 14. What kind of a girl is Amanda? What kind of life does she want to live?
अमाण्डा किस प्रकार की लड़की है? वह किस प्रकार का जीवन जीना चाहती है?
Ans. Amanda is a young girl who yearns for freedom. She wants freedom and peace in her life. According to the poem, Amanda feels that her freedom has been limited by her mother. She is fed up of the constant scolding and instructions by her mother. She wants to go away and live a peacful life.