Amanda
Robin Klein
Introduction
Robin Klein is a poet who takes in his pen the everyday and universal happenings of life. activities pertaining to small children are very e dear to him as they represent innocence love smartness and their nature. in this small poem, Amanda is a small girl who is being advised by the poet time and again to avoid certain unwanted activities but she seems to live in her one word as she is Moody.
Summary
Advice by the speaker:-- The speaker advises Amanda neither to bite her nails nor to bend her Shoulders. he advises her to sit straight.
Reply by Amanda:-- On hearing him, Amanda replies that there is a very decent green sea. dwelling place. she feels rest and relaxes in it. she is a mermaid who enjoys her life with the highest happiness.
Interrogation with Amanda:-- The poet interrogates Amanda if she had finished her home task and cleaned her room.he had already asked her to clean her shoes. he advises her not to eat chocolate. she must remember her acne, he asks her if she will look at him on speaking.
Amanda view:-- Amanda replies that she is an orphan who roams in the street and makes a pattern with dust from her feet. she believes that the silence is Golden and the freedom is sweet. she calls herself Rapunzel who lives in a tower where life is very much peaceful. she will never let down her golden hair.
Final words of the speaker:-- In the end, the poet advises her to stop sulking as she is always very moody. people may think that he is finding fault in the girl but he is rather advising her.
हिंदी सारांश
वक्ताद्वारा अमेंडा को उपदेश:--अमेंडा को वक्ता उपदेश देता है कि वह अपने दांतो से नाखून ना काटे और नहीं अपने कंधों को मोड़े। वह उसे सीधे बैठने की सलाह देता है
अमेंडा द्वारा उत्तर:-- वक्ता द्वारा भाषण सुनकर अमेंडा उत्तर देती है कि वहां पर एक बहुत सुंदर हरा सागर है वही उसके रहने का स्थान है वह इसके अंदर आराम और शांति का अनुभव करती है। वह एक मत्स्यांगना है जो अपने जीवन का परम आनंद से लुक तो उठाती है।
अमेंडा के साथ प्रश्न:-- अमेंडा से कवि पूछता है कि क्या उसने अपना ग्रह कार्य समाप्त कर लिया है और अपने कमरे को व्यवस्थित कर लिया है वह उसे पहले ही अपने जूते साफ करने के लिए कह चुका है वह उसे चॉकलेट खाने को कहता है उसे अपने कील मुहांसों का ध्यान होना चाहिए। कभी उससे पूछता है कि क्या वह उसे देखेगी जब वह उससे बोलेगा।
अमेंडा के विचार:-- अमेंडा कहती है कि वह एक अनाथ है जो गली में घूमती है और अपने पैरों के धूल से नमूने बनाती है। उसका विश्वास है कि खामोशी सोना है और स्वतंत्रता में मिठास है। वह अपने आप को रुपान्जल कहती है। जो एक टावर में रहती है जहां पर जीवन अत्यंत ही शांत है। वह अपने सुनहरे बालों को कभी नहीं गिरने देगी अर्थात कभी अपने आप को नीचा नहीं दिखाएगी।
वक्ता के अंतिम शब्द:-- अंत में रवि उसे उदासीन न रहने को कहता है क्योंकि वह तो सदैव उदासीन ही रहती है। लोग सोच सकते हैं कि कवि उसमें कसूर ढूंढ रहा है परंतु वह तो उसे सलाह ही दे रहा है।
Word Meaning
Slouching - dropping झुक कर बैठना | Languid - Relaxed आरामदायक | Emerald - green color मत्स्यांगना | Drifting - moving Slowly इधर उधर घूमना | Blissfully - highest happiness आनंद महसूस करना | Roaming - moving घूमना | Hushed - Silenced चुप्पी | Acne - pimples मुहासे | Tranquil - calm शांतिप्रिया | Let down - sadness नीचे उतारना | Slucking - sadness उदासीनता | Moody - gloomy उदासीन | Nagged - Find fault दोष निकालना |
Poetic Devices
Rhyme:- aaha (Amanda, Amanda, you, Amanda)
Alliteration:- ‘Stop that sulking’ - ‘s’ sound is repeated at the start of closely placed words
Repetition:- use of word ‘Amanda’
Stanza 1
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight, Amanda!
Questions:
How does Amanda sit?
What is Amanda Biting?
Who is addressing Amanda?
Answers:
Amanda sits by hunching shoulders.
Amanda is biting her nails.
Amanda’s mother on her father is addressing her.
Stanza 2
(There is a languid, emerald sea,
where the sole inhabitant is me—
a mermaid, drifting blissfully.)
Questions:
What is the color of the sea?
How is the sea?
Who lives in the sea?
Answers:
The color of the sea is green.
The sea is peaceful.
A mermaid lives in the sea.
Stanza 3
Did you finish your homework, Amanda?
Did you tidy your room, Amanda?
I thought I told you to clean your shoes, Amanda!
Questions:
What is the first question asked by Amanda?
What is to be done with the room?
Who is to clean her shoes?
Answers:
The first question asked by Amanda is about finishing her homework.
The room is to be made tidy.
Amanda is to clean her shoes.
Stanza 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:
What does an orphan do?
What is golden?
How does she make a design?
Answers:
An orphan roams in a street.
The silence is golden.
She makes design by walking bare feet on the soft dust.
Stanza 5
Don’t eat that chocolate, Amanda!
Remember your acne, Amanda!
Will you please look at me when I’m speaking to you, Amanda
Questions:
What is Amanda eating?
What is there on her face?
Who is not looking at the speaker?
Answers:
Amanda is eating chocolate.
There is acne on her face.
Amanda is not looking at the speaker.
Stanza 6
(I am Rapunzel, I have not care;
life in a tower is tranquil and rare;
I’ll certainly never let down my bright hair!)
Questions:
How is life in a tower?
how is the hair of Rapunzel?
Who will never let down her hair?
Answers:
The life in a tower is tranquil and the rare.
The hair of Rapunzel is golden.
Rapunzel will never let down her hair.
Stanza 7
Stop that sulking at once, Amanda!
You’re always so moody, Amanda!
Anyone would think that I nagged at you, Amanda!
Questions:
How is Amanda behaving?
What kind of girl is Amanda and according to the speaker?
What would anyone think Aaram?
Answers:
Amanda is sulking.
Amanda is a Moody girl according to the speaker.
Anyone would think that the speaker is nagging at Amanda.
Thinking about the poem
Q1.How old do you think Amanda is? how do you know this?
Ans. I think Amanda is around 13 for 14 years old. I know it from the line-- “Remember your acne, Amanda!”. usually, boys or girls at this age have acne on their face.
Q2. How do you think about speaking to her?
Ans. I think one of her parents is speaking to her. it maybe her mother
Q3. Why are stanzas 2,4 and 6 given in parentheses?
Ans. Stanzas 2,3 and 6 are given in parentheses because they are not spoken only openly. They convey the thoughts going on Amanda’s mind. They express her mood and nature. the express how she feels.
Q4.Who are the speaker in stanza 2, 4, and 6? do you think this speaker is listening to the speaker in stanzas 1,3,5 and 7?
Ans. The speaker in stanzas 2,4 and 6 is Amanda. she imagines herself as a mermaid, as an orphan, as a Rapunzel. I don't think she is listening to the speaker in stanzas 1,3,5 and 7. she is busy with her own thoughts.
Q5. What could Amanda do if she were a mermaid?
Ans. If Amanda were a mermaid, she could move about in a green see blissfully. she would be the sole inhabitant of the sea. there would be nobody to restrict her movement and she would enjoy her full freedom.
Q6.Is Amanda in orphan? why does she say so?
Ans. Amanda is not an orphan. she says so because she is tired of her parent’s instruction and orders. she thinks the life of an Orphan is free from these all, and she wishes to enjoy the freedom of an orphan’s life.
Q7. Do you know the story of Rapunzel? why does she want to be Rapunzel?
Ans. it is a story of a beautiful princess. abducted by a demon, she is kept in a tower where there is no door or steps. Manda wants to be Rapunzel to be able to live alone and enjoy full freedom.
Q8. What does a girl yearn for? what does this poem tell you about Amanda?
Ans. Amanda yearns for complete freedom. she does not want to be interrogated, instructed, and controlled by anyone. she wants to lead her life the way she likes. the poem tells that Amanda is lost in her own world of thoughts.
Q9. Do you think Amanda is sulking and is moody in the last stanza?
Ans. after reading the last enjoy it seems that Amanda is sulking and is moody and is called by the speaker. but the speaker also seems conscious that Amanda is being nagged unnecessarily by being called moody and sulky.
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