Substance of the poem Asleep in the Valley

the poet's attitude towards war revealed in the poem


Write the substance of the poem, 'Asleep in the Valley'. 

[ 'Asleep in the Valley' āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤]

Or,

Write a note on the poet's attitude towards war revealed in the poem, 'Asleep In the Valley'.

[āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, āĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤]

Or,

Write a note on the central idea of the poem.

[āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž, āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ–ā§‹ āĨ¤] 


Ans. Arthur Rimbaud has mocked war by depicting the sad condition of the young dead soldier. The soldier is lying in a cold sleep in a sunlit valley. Mother nature provides care and comfort to the soldier. His feet are on the herbs. He is provided a pillow made of fern. The young soldier lies open-mouthed. He has a smile on his face which is like that of an infant gentle and without trick. The poet also says that the humming insects don't disturb his rest as he is sleeping peacefully, one hand on his breast. But to everybody's shock, two red holes on his side give the evidence of his death. According to the poet war is nothing but an organised butchery of youth. War does not bring any progress to the civilization. In this way the poet has presented the hollowness and futility of war. 

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āĻ†āĻ°ā§‹ āĻĒā§œā§āĻ¨-

"Ah! Nature, Keep him warm". -Who is 'him'? Why does the poet ask nature to keep him warm? What irony is hidden here?

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