Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star -By Jane Taylor
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
-By Jane Taylor
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
Then the traveler in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
How could he see where to go,
If you did not twinkle so?
In the dark blue sky you keep,
Often through my curtains peep
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveler in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Bengali Translation
টুইঙ্কল, টুইঙ্কল, ছোট্ট তারা,
আমি কিভাবে আশ্চর্য আপনি কি!
পৃথিবীর এত উপরে,
আকাশে হীরার মতো।
জ্বলন্ত সূর্য যখন চলে যায়,
যখন তার উপর কিছুই আলোকিত হয় না,
তারপর তুমি তোমার ছোট্ট আলো দেখাও,
মিটমিট করে মিটমিট করে সারা রাত।
তারপর অন্ধকারে পথিক
আপনার ক্ষুদ্র স্ফুলিঙ্গ জন্য আপনাকে ধন্যবাদ,
কোথায় যেতে হবে সে কিভাবে দেখতে পারে,
এত পলক ফেললে না?
গাঢ় নীল আকাশে তুমি রাখো,
প্রায়ই আমার পর্দা ভেদ করে উঁকি দেয়
কারণ তুমি কখনো চোখ বন্ধ করো না,
যতক্ষণ না সূর্য আকাশে থাকে।
আপনার উজ্জ্বল এবং ক্ষুদ্র স্ফুলিঙ্গ হিসাবে
অন্ধকারে পথিককে আলো দেয়,
যদিও আমি জানি না তুমি কি,
টুইঙ্কল, টুইঙ্কল, ছোট্ট তারা,
(a)Answer the following questions:
i) What does “like a diamond in the sky” mean?
ii) Why do stars twinkle?
iii) What is the symbolic language in the phrase “because you never close your eyes”?
iv) Who does the star help in the poem?
v) What do the lines “For you never shut your eye, Till the sun is in the sky” describe?
(b)How many stanzas are there in the poem?
(c) Write the rhyming words in the following table.
| ————- | are |
| high | —————- |
| gone | —————- |
| ————- | night |
| dark | —————– |
| keep | —————- |
(d) Write the summary/ theme of the poem.
Answer;
(a)
(i) What does “like a diamond in the sky” mean?
Answer: This line uses alliteration, which is the use of similar words, to compare a star to a diamond. The line refers to a diamond’s characteristics, such as how it shimmers and glows when exposed to light, rather than its shape.
(ii)Why do stars twinkle?
Answer: Stars twinkle due to the refraction of starlight by the atmosphere.
(iii) What is the symbolic language in the phrase “because you never close your eyes”?
Answer: This phrase uses both personification and metaphor.
(iv)Who does the star help in the poem?
Answer: The star helps the traveler in the dark.
(v) What do the lines “For you never shut your eye, Till the sun is in the sky” describe?
Answer: These lines describe how stars can be seen at night but not during the day.
(c)
| Star | are |
| high | sky |
| gone | upon |
| light | night |
| dark | spark |
| keep | peep |
(d)
Summary: In the poem “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, a little girl is addressing a tiny star in the dark sky. She is fascinated by its “twinkling” and bright spark. The stars look like diamonds in the sky to her. The child is pointing out the star’s importance in the night sky.
Theme: In the poem “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, a little girl is addressing a tiny star in the dark sky. She is fascinated by its “twinkling” and bright spark. The stars look like diamonds in the sky to her. It shows the path to travelers in the dark with its twinkling light. The girl also sees the star’s light coming through her curtains in her room. The child further says that though she does not know what the star is, but likes its twinkling.