Daybreak by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Class 11 English || WBCHSE

Daybreak 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The American writer and poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow describes the sounds the clarion call of the morning in this poem. According to him, the sights and sounds hails the rousing of life at daybreak. He personifies the wind as the messenger that announces the night is over and dawn begins. Here the wind cheers the mariners, stimulates the forest, enlivens the birds, rouses the chanticleer, animates the cornfields and tells the belfry tower to ring in the time of Sunrise. The poet Longfellow also mentions that the wind does not want to disturb the dead of those sleeping in the churchyard, because it is not time for them to wake up yet.

Rhyme Scheme of the Poem : Daybreak


Summery of the Poem in Bengali ( সারাংশ)


প্রখ্যাত আমেরিকান লেখক তথা কবি হেনরি ওয়াডস্ওয়ার্থ লংফেলো তাঁর ডেব্রেক কবিতায়,  রাত ও দিনের সন্ধিক্ষণে ঊষালগ্নে দিনের প্রারম্ভকে সুন্দর ভাবে ব্যক্ত করেছেন। এখানে তিনি  বাতাসকে মানুষ হিসাবে তুলনা করেছেন যে ভোরের বার্তাবাহক হিসাবে সমুদ্র থেকে ভূমিভাগের দিকে আসে এবং সকলকে জানান দেয় যে, আর রাত নেই সকাল শুরু হয়ে গেছে। কবির মতে  বাতাস যেন তারস্বরে শিঙ্গা বাজিয়ে কুয়াশাকে বলে তুমি আমায় জায়গা করে দাও।  এরপর বাতাস নৌকা, নাবিক, বনভূমি, বনের পাখি, মোরগ সবাইকে একে একে আহ্বান জানিয়ে বলে সকাল শুরু হয়ে গেছে।  বাতাস যেন মাঠের ফসলের কানে ফিসফিস করে বলে তোমরা নত হয়ে ভোরের সূর্য কে অভিবাদন কর।  এখানেই বাতাস থেমে থাকে না,  সে উঁচু মিনারে বাঁধা  ঘন্টা কে গিয়ে বলে তুমি ঢং ঢং আওয়াজে ভোরের বার্তা চারিদিকে ছড়িয়ে দাও।  তবে চার্চের পাশে থাকা গোরস্থানের উপর দিয়ে বয়ে চলার সময় বাতাস আর শবদেহগুলিকে জাগায় না, বরং বলে তোমরা ঘুমিয়ে থাক,  শান্তিতে বিশ্রাম নাও,  তোমাদের এখনো জেগে ওঠার সময় হয়নি।

Short Question Answer 

1) Who wrote the poem Daybreak?

 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem Daybreak

 2) What does Daybreak imply?

 The word Daybreak implies dawn but symbolically it means light at the end of Darkness.

 3) Whom does the wind in the poem daybreak tell to make room for him?

The wind tells the mists to make room for him.

 4) From where did the wind come in Daybreak?

 The wind came up from the sea in the poem Daybreak.

5) Where did the wind hurry to in Daybreak?

 The wind hurried landward in daybreak. 

6) Who announces daybreak in the poem Daybreak?

 In the poem Daybreak the wind announces the daybreak.

 7) Where does the wind find the ships?

 The wind finds the ships anchored in the harbor.

 8) What does the wind tell the forest to do? 

 The wind tells the forest to hang all his leafy banners out.

 9) What does the wind see the farms?

 The wind sees the sleeping chanticleer in the farms.

 10) What does the wind pursued the chanticleer to do?

 The wind pursues the chanticleer to blow his clarion and proclaim the daybreak.

 11) What does the wind whisper to the fields of corns?

 The wind whispers to the fields of corns to bow down and greet the morning Sun.

 12) What is Belfry Tower?

 Belfry Tower is the large turret of the church where the clock and bell are installed.

 13) What did the wind touch in Daybreak poem?

 The wind touched the folded wings of the wood bird.

 14) What is chanticleer?

 The chanticleer is a domestic cock that shouts in the arrival of a day.

 15) What does the wind tell the church bell?

 The wind tells the church bell to ring loudly and proclaim the Sunrise.

 16) Oh bell Proclaim the hour which hour is referred to here?

 Here the hour refers to the Daybreak.

 17) Where does the wind finally go?

 The wind finally goes to the churchyard.

 18) Why does the wind cross the churchyard with a sigh?

 The wind leaves a deep sigh to think that it cannot awake the buried. 

 19) How are the fields when the wind blows over them?

 When the wind blows over the field, they lie in rest with their crops.

 20) Whom does the wind tell to sing at the advent of the new morning?

 The wind tells the wood bird to sing merrily at the advent of the new morning.

 21) What makes the wind unhappy?

 The wind is unhappy when it passes through the grave of the Churchyard.

 22) Why does the wind want to see the leafy banners of the forest Hangout?

 The wind wants to see the poem to be hailed by the leafy banners of the forest.

 23) What do leafy banners signify?

 The leafy banners signify the twig and branches of the trees.

24) How does the wood Bird rise from sleep?

 The wind tells the wood Bird to wake up and sing.

 25) What does the wind tell the mariners to do?

 The wind tells the mariners to starts a new journey.

 26) Whom does the wind of the sea hail?

 The wind of the sea hails the ships.

 27) What prevents the wind in Daybreak from blowing early?

 In the poem, the mist covering the sea prevents the wind from blowing freely.

 28) How is the sea when the wind comes out of it?

 The sea is still full of mist.

 29) Whom does the wind tell to lie in peace?

The wind tells the dead lying in grave to rest in peace.

 30) “Bow down, and hail the morning.”- Who says this and to whom?

 The wind of the sea says this to the fields of corns.

 31) Why does the wind proclaim differently when it crosses the churchyard?

Because today is not the judgment day that the souls are awake from their churchyard.

 32) What does the phrase not yet in quiet lie suggest?

 In the poem, Daybreak the dead in the graveyard are told to rest in peace and to wait for the judgment day.

 33) Who is the speaker of the poem daybreak?

 In the poem Daybreak the wind is the speaker.



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