The Lamentation Of The Old Pensioner | Questions And Answers

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William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms. 
Born: June 13, 1865, Sandymount, Republic of Ireland 
Died: January 28, 1939, Menton, France 
Poems: Lake Isle of Innisfree, Easter, 1916, Adam's Curse, more 
Plays: Cathleen ni Houlihan, At the Hawk's Well, Purgatory, more

W. B. Yeats/Quotes

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but rather the lighting of a fire.
And say my glory was I had such friends.
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Question-Answers Of 'The Lamentation Of The Old Pensioner':

Understanding and Interpretation:

Question No. 1: Explain the title of the poem. ( कविताको शीर्षकको व्याख्या गर्नुहोस्। ) 

Answer: The title of the poem 'The lamentation of the Old Pensioner is apt. The whole poem presents the agonies of an old pensioner. The speaker, an extremely old man, feels sorry for the physical loss he has suffered. He has been badly transfigured by cruel time. He has lost much of youthful vigour, beauty and zeal. He holds Time as the only culprit for his miserable condition. This poem presents the plight of an old man. The poem is about the lamentation of an old pensioner.
#apt meaning in nepali language is सुहाउँदो. 
#agonies meaning in nepali language is चिन्ता. 
#vigour meaning in nepali language is शक्ति. 
#zeal meaning in nepali language is उत्साह, जोश. 
#culprit meaning in nepali language is दोषी. 
#plight meaning in nepali language is नियति. 
#miserable meaning in nepali language is दु:खी. 
#lamentation meaning in nepali language is विलाप, क्रन्दन.

Question No. 2: What does the poem add to our knowledge of the old man (his character, attitude, circumstances) ? ( बुढा मानिस प्रतिको हाम्रो ज्ञान उसको स्वाभाव, अवधारणा, परिस्थिति मा यस कविताले के कुरा थप्छ ? ) 
Answer: The poem shows that when a person becomes old, the memories of the by-gone days are revived more vividly. He has a deep desire to relive his past but now the circumstances are not the same. He is physically distorted, transfigured, not at all attractive. The desire to return to the young days is intense in an old man but he is physically constrained. Moreover, one absolute point this poem makes is that Time is the most powerful force. The old man can criticize and denounce Time and even spit on its face but nothing can make the changes it brings ineffective. 
#constrained meaning in nepali language is शक्तिहीन, बाध्य. 
#revival meaning in nepali language is पुनरुत्थान. 
#vividly meaning in nepali language is स्पष्ट रुपले. 
#desire meaning in nepali language is इच्छा, चाहना, आकांक्षा. 
#distorted meaning in nepali language is विकृत. 
#transfigured meaning in nepali language is रुपान्तरित. 
#intense meaning in nepali language is तिव्र.

Question No. 3: Write a paragraph on An Old Man Remembers. ( 'बुढो मान्छे स्मरण गर्छ' भन्ने शीर्षक माथि एक अनुच्छेद लेख। ) 
Answer: Old age is a period of life when a man finds himself physically helpless. It is a time when one lacks energy, vigour and enthusiasm to work. There is no much motivation, either. We would all want to remain young but that can't happen. It becomes extremely difficult to reconcile oneself to one's old age. An old man has little to look forward to. The only thing that he can do is remember the wonderful, exciting and romantic things that he did in the by-gone days of his youth and childhood. The old man remembers how he used to flit from one place to another and first with young girls. He remembers how agile and healthy he was. He remembers how fast time passed and how dreamy those beautiful days were. An old man not only remembers those things but sometimes even feels a strange pleasure by recreating the feelings and experiences as artists do and even by philosophizing the agonizing feelings of change.
#flit meaning in nepali language is एक ठाउँबाट अर्को ठाउँमा पुग्नु. 
#agonizing meaning in nepali language is पीडादायक. 
#enthusiasm meaning in nepali language is उमंग, उत्साह.
#reconcile meaning in nepali language is समायोजन.
#agile meaning in nepali language is फुर्तिलो.

Question No. 4: Write an essay on Youth and Age. ( जवानी र वृध्दावास्थाका बारेमा निबन्ध लेख। ) 
Answer: Youth is a stage of human life when a man is full of vigour, enthusiasm and hopes. It is the spring of life. He is quick, active and adventurous. He is prepared to meet challenges and is not afraid of odds. Youth is the most important, enjoyable and precious period in human life. Life becomes a joy and the agonizing feeling of fleeting time little troubles a youth. He feasts on the gifts of youth such as love, freedom, vigour, etc. Few people are sad and unhappy when young. Youth is a sweet for almost all humans. If they could, they would say young for ever and enjoy the pleasures. 

However, the painful reality of life is that one who is born has to pass through various stages of life before he meets his fate. In contrast to youth, old age is, most of the times, a burden upon life. The full-bloomed blossoms of the spring of life turn grey and dry. The vigour of youth disappears. He loses all charms and tries to escape the painful reality of life by recalling the beauties of the by-gone days and even by philosophizing the painful feelings. Wrinkles grows on his face. His eyes are wet with tears. He is forced to bear with diseases and insults. Old age becomes an object of pity and has not a company to smile and share joys with. It is a period when one lives in memories and imagination. One spends the moments of life by remembering the love, achievements, adventures and other sweet moments of the by-gone days of the youth.
#odds meaning in nepali language is समस्या, बाधा.
#wrinkle meaning in nepali language is चाउरी.
#adventures meaning in nepali language is साहसको काम, रोमाञ्चकारी, अपूर्व अनुभव.
#achievements meaning in nepali language is उपलब्धीहरु, प्राप्ति.
#insult meaning in nepali language is अपमान.
#feast meaning in nepali language is भोज.
#fate meaning in nepali language is भाग्य.
#burden meaning in nepali language is बोझ. 

Important Extra Questions:

Question No. 1: Describe the shifts in subject matter in the three stanzas. 
Answer: The first stanza presents the comparison of the speaker's present state with his happy moments of the past. The second stanza states what the speaker observes around him and what his thought centres on. Although some crazy rascals are fighting against the cruel government, he only wonders Time has changed him. The last stanza mentions his present neglected situation. Thus, the shifts depicted the feeling of agony in the old man and his anger towards time.
#crazy meaning in nepali language is पागल.
#rascal meaning in nepali language is बदमाश.
#neglect meaning in nepali language is उपेक्षा.
#depict meaning in nepali language is चित्रण.

Question No. 2: Why is the old man angry with Time ? Or Why does the old man spit into the face of time ? 
Answer: The old man spits into the face of time because he is angry with it. Time has changed him into an old , weak, and unattractive man. He had very happy moment before the time made him old. He had many lovers and friends to share his feelings and talk to. Now, he is like a cactus. No woman looks at him due to his age. Therefore, he spits into the face of time, i.e. shows anger towards time.
Or, Why does the old pensioner spit into the face of time ?
The old pensioner wants to spit into the face of time because it transformed him into an ugly, diseased, lonely old man of no use. In youth, he was very active and smart and had many friends who he used to discuss with about politics and love. He has supposed time to be the most powerful tyrant that has transfigured him. The old pensioner feels very angry as there are not single women who look at him and remember the faces of beauties who used to love him in his youth and expresses his rage by telling that he wants to spit into the face of time for transfiguring him into an old and ugly man of no use.
#spit meaning in nepali language is थुक्नु.
#ugly meaning in nepali language is कुरूप, हेर्नमा नराम्रो.
#tyrant meaning in nepali language is निरंकुश, उत्पीडक.
Question No. 3: What things does the speaker lament about ? Why does he lament about them ? 
Answer: The speaker laments the loss of his vigorous youth, his friends, and lovers. When he was young, he used to sit by the fire with his friend and talk about love and politics. Now, he has become like a broken tree. No woman gets attracted to him. Therefore, he expresses his sadness at what he has lost. 

On Request [Additional Question-Answers]:

Question No. 1: Explain the significance of the poem.
Answer: The significance of the poem is it conveys the message that time is all powerful. Nothing except change itself is permanent, which is a natural process. Time transforms everything sooner or later. This is a universal truth and we have to accept it. We may remember and miss our beautiful old days but it is impossible to retain what is gone. Although the speaker in the poem laments and curses the almighty time, there is no way he can escape it's influence and become young again.
#significance meaning in nepali language is महत्व, अर्थ.
#transform meaning in nepali language is रुपान्तरण.
#universal meaning in nepali language is विश्वव्यापी.
#truth meaning in nepali language is सत्य, सत्यता.
#retain meaning in nepali language is कायम राख्नु.
#almighty meaning in nepali language is सर्वशक्तिमान.
#curse meaning in nepali language is श्राप.
#influence meaning in nepali language is प्रभाव.

Question No. 2: What is the tone of the poem: complacency, resignation, rage? Why?
Answer: The poem “The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner” is in raging tone. In this poem, the speaker is extremely infuriated with the time because time has transfigured him a lot. In the past, when the speaker was young, he used to talk of love and politics. He was at the centre of the political power. He was physically and mentally fit. But now, time has turned him into valueless feeble, ugly old man. Nobody is interest in him. He finds himself neglected and deserted. When he sees young people who challenge any conspiracy and evils, he remembers his youth and gets more exasperated with him.
The time has transfigured him badly. He holds” Time” as the only culprit for his miserable condition. He reckons time as only his enemy which has made him old. He was the centre of attraction but time has made all worthless. The old age is reason to vanish away his happiness and unable to achieve them again. Due to all these distressing changes in him made by time, he wants to spit in the face of time.
It is clear, therefore, the poem is in the tone of rage with expression of wistful response for his present old age condition.
#feeble meaning in nepali language is कमजोर, दुर्बल.
#conspiracy meaning in nepali language is षडयन्त्र.
#evils meaning in nepali language is दुष्टता, अनिष्ट, नराम्रो, कुभलो.
#exasperated meaning in nepali language is निराश.
#reckons meaning in nepali language is आंकडा, हिसाब, ठान्नु, विश्वास, गणना.
#wistful meaning in nepali language is अट्टेरी, उदास, ब्यग्र, चिन्तित.

Question No. 3: What are the three things that the old man lament about and why is he so sad about them? (friendship/love/time)
Answer: The three things that the old man lament about are friendship, love and time. He is so sad about them because those valuable things have abandoned him. He can't enjoy those things any more. He is old and shattered like a broken tree which nobody cares for. Everybody turns a blind eye to him.
#abandoned meaning in nepali language is त्यागेर, छोडेर, त्यागे.
#enjoy meaning in nepali language is रमाइलो गर्नु, आनन्द प्राप्त गर्नु.
#shattered meaning in nepali language is चकनाचूर, चकनाचूर हुनु, भंग, टुक्रिएका, भताभुंग.
#blind meaning in nepali language is अन्धोपन, अंधापन, अन्धो.

Question No. 4: What do you mean by refrain and explain it's important?
Answer: Refrain is a line or a group of lines that regularly repeats at the end of a stanza of a poem. It is important to lay emphasis on the main theme or point or create rhythm in the poem. For instance, in the poem, "The Lamentation Of The Old Pensioner", Time/That has transfigured me, is repeated as refrain to highlight the power of time and to express the anger of the speaker.
#emphasis meaning in nepali language is जोड गर्नु, जोर गर्नु, बल गर्नु.
#instance meaning in nepali language is उदाहरण.
#anger meaning in nepali language is रिस, प्रचण्ड क्रोध, रिस, क्रोध, झोंक.

Question No. 5: What does the broken tree symbolized in this poem? Does W.B. Yeats compare himself with the broken tree in his age?
Answer: The broken tree symbolizes the pathetic, miserable and hated condition of the speaker as he is abandoned by everyone like a broken tree, there is no charm and glory in him. Yes, W.B. Yeats, clearly, compares himself with the broken tree in his age.
#pathetic meaning in nepali language is दयनीय.
#miserable meaning in nepali language is दुःखी, दयनीय, दुर्गत.
#charm meaning in nepali language is आकर्षण, मनोरता.
#glory meaning in nepali language is महिमा, कीर्ति, यश.
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You've written really well. But you could probably lengthen the important questions more.
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Thanks for the summary..
But I'd be more grateful if you Add one more question :
* Explain the significance of the poem.
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Thnk you sir its so really helpful for me...Thnks a lot Sir
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GOOD JOB SIR
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sir can you add this question:

what is the tone of the poem: complacency,resignation,rage? why?
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Really your summary is outstanding....sir.....
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Thankyou sir
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Thanks a lot
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What are the three things that the old man lament about and why is he so sad about them? (friendship/love/time)
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Thank you for the outstanding answer.It is really helpful..
but..I will be thankful if you add one more answer for the question :
what do you mean by refrain and explain its importance.
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thanks for your better answer ...
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it is so helpful please can you give the answer of 'why does the old pensioner spit into the face of time'?
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Dear unknown, glad the post is helpful. Please check question number 2 with answers - Hope it helps. :)
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What does the broken tree symbolized in this poem?Does W.B yeata compare himself with the broken tree in his age?
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Summarize the poem in one sentence?