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Class 10 English Amanda!
The Poem Amanda by ROBIN KLEIN depicts a child’s feelings about the restrictions the parents put on him/her. Children feel their parents don’t let them do many things they want to do. In the poem there is a girl named Amanda who feels her mother nags her too much. The mother scolds Amanda for biting her nails, hunching her shoulders, and not sitting straight. Amanda does not like it. On the contrary Amanda lives in her dream world. In her fantasy she feels like a mermaid swimming freely and joyously in the light green sea. The mother drags Amanda out of her dream by asking whether she has completed her homework or not. She also asks her whether she has tidied her room; she tells her to clean and polish her shoes. Amanda then daydreams of being an orphan roaming freely, barefoot in golden silence enjoying uninterrupted freedom. The mother instructs Amanda not to eat chocolates because of her acnes and pimples. She also scolds her for not looking at her when she is talking to her. Amanda is enjoying another dream; she fantasizes herself as Rapunzel living peacefully in her tower; she feels she will never let down her hair from the tower.
Her mother again reprimands her for sulking and being moody. And the mother feels others will think that she is always pestering her.
Summary in Hindi
रॉबिन क्लेन की कविता अमांडा माता-पिता द्वारा लगाए गए प्रतिबंधों के बारे में एक बच्चे की भावनाओं को दर्शाती है उस पर। बच्चों को लगता है कि उनके माता-पिता उन्हें बहुत सारे काम नहीं करने देते जो वे करना चाहते हैं। कविता में अमांडा नाम की एक लड़की है जिसे लगता है कि उसकी माँ उसे बहुत सताती है। मां अमांडा को उसके नाखून काटने, उसके कंधों को कूबड़ने और सीधे न बैठने के लिए डांटता है। अमांडा नहीं करता है यह पसंद है। इसके विपरीत अमांडा अपने सपनों की दुनिया में रहती है। अपनी कल्पना में वह एक मत्स्यांगना तैराकी की तरह महसूस करती है हल्के हरे समुद्र में स्वतंत्र रूप से और खुशी से। माँ अमांडा को उसके सपने से यह पूछकर घसीटती है कि क्या उसने अपना गृहकार्य पूरा कर लिया है या नहीं। वह उससे यह भी पूछती है कि क्या उसने अपना कमरा साफ कर लिया है; वह उसे अपने जूते साफ और पॉलिश करने के लिए कहती है। अमांडा तब एक अनाथ होने का सपना देखती है जो स्वतंत्र रूप से घूम रहा है, नंगे पांव सुनहरे सन्नाटे में आनंद ले रहा है निर्बाध स्वतंत्रता। माँ अमांडा को उसके मुंहासों और फुंसियों के कारण चॉकलेट न खाने का निर्देश देती है। वह भी जब वह उससे बात कर रही होती है तो उसकी ओर न देखने के लिए उसे डांटती है। अमांडा एक और सपने का आनंद ले रही है; वह खुद को रॅपन्ज़ेल के रूप में अपने टावर में शांति से रहने की कल्पना करती है; उसे लगता है कि वह टॉवर से अपने बाल कभी नहीं गिराएगी। उसकी माँ ने उसे फिर से गुस्सा करने और मूडी होने के लिए फटकार लगाई। और माँ को लगता है कि दूसरे सोचेंगे कि वह हमेशा उसे तंग कर रही है।
Amanda! Class 10 English Important Questions
Extract Based Comprehension Question Exercises
Don’t bite your nails, Amanda!
Don’t hunch your shoulders, Amanda!
Stop that slouching and sit up straight,
Amanda!
Questions & Answer
Question. What is Amanda doing to her nails?
Ans. She is biting her nails.
Question. What does she do to her shoulders?
Ans. She hunches her shoulders.
Question. How is she sitting?
Ans. She is sitting in a slouching posture.
Question. How is Amanda expected to sit?
Ans. Amanda should sit straight
Extract Based Comprehension Question Exercises
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 & Answer
Question. Who longs to be an orphan?
Ans. The orphan longs to roam freely in streets.
Question. Where is the orphan roaming?
Ans. The orphan is roaming in the street.
Question. How does the speaker make designs?
Ans. The speaker makes designs with her bare feet on the soft dust.
Question. What does the speaker say about silence and freedom?
Ans. The speaker says that silence is golden and freedom is sweet.
Short Answer Questions
Question. Amanda imagines herself to be Rapunzel, yet would not like to do what all she did. Identify and state the reasons for her decision.
Ans. Amanda wants to be Rapunzel to live a peaceful life in a tower, where no one gives any instruction and she doesn’t have to do any work. She doesn’t want to escape with a prince like Rapunzel.
Question. What is the theme of the poem — ‘Amanda’?
Ans. Too many instructions and too much control are resented by children. They get bored and fed up. Then, they listen to their parents half-heartedly and indulge in daydreaming.
Question. What message does the poet want to give through the poem — ‘Amanda’?
Ans. The poet wants to convey that parents in their endeavour to make their children well-behaved and well-mannered tend to give too many instructions or nag (always finding fault) them. They should adopt positive measures, acceptable to children.
Question. Who was Amanda? What idea do you form about her through the poem?
Ans. Amanda was a little school going, girl. She loved fairy tales like Rapunzel and mermaids. She did not like too many instructions or nagging that made her sulk and become moody. So she did not listen to her mother attentively and started daydreaming
