BSE Odisha 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 1 All Things Bright and Beautiful

Odisha State Board BSE Odisha 10th Class English Solutions Chapter 1 All Things Bright and Beautiful Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

BSE Odisha Class 10 English Solutions Chapter 1 All Things Bright and Beautiful

BSE Odisha 10th Class English All Things Bright and Beautiful Text Book Questions and Answers

F. Let’s Read And Understand:

Question 1.
What does the poet think of all things?
(ସମସ୍ତ ଜିନିଷ ସମ୍ପର୍କରେ କବି କ’ଣ ଭାବିଛନ୍ତି ?)
Answer:
The poet thinks that all things are bright and beautiful and wise and wonderful.

Question 2.
Who has made all these things?
(କିଏ ଏ ସମସ୍ତ ଜିନିଷକୁ ନିର୍ମାଣ କରିଛନ୍ତି ?)
Answer:
The Lord God has made all these things.

Question 3.
What are the little things mentioned in the poem?
(କବିତାରେ ଉଲ୍ଲିଖ୍ କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ଜିନିଷଗୁଡ଼ିକ କ’ଣ ?)
Answer:
The little things mentioned in the poem are little flowers and little birds.

Question 4.
How does the poet describe the beauty of flowers?
(କବି କିପରି ଫୁଲଗୁଡ଼ିକର ସୌନ୍ଦର୍ଯ୍ୟ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି ?)
Answer:
The poet describes that God has given bright colors to flowers. When a little flower blossoms, it looks beautiful and its brightness attracts others. The beauty of the flowers lies in their bright colors.

Question 5.
How does the poet describe the little birds?
(କବି କିପରି କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ପକ୍ଷୀଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି ?)
Answer:
The poet describes that the little birds that sing sweetly are made by God. God has made their tiny wings which help them to fly.

Question 6.
How is the mountain described in the poem?
(କବିତାରେ ପର୍ବତ କିପରି ବର୍ଣିତ ହୋଇଛି ?)
Answer:
In the poem, the mountain is described as purple-headed.

Question 7.
Why does it appear so?
(ଏହା କାହିଁକି ଏପରି ଦେଖାଯାଏ ?)
Answer:
The bluish-red rays of the setting sun make the mountaintop look purple.

Question 8.
What brightens up the sky?
(ଆକାଶକୁ କ’ଣ ଉଜ୍ଜଳିତ କରିଥାଏ ?)
Answer:
The sunrise and the sunset brightens up the sky.

Question 9.
How does the sky look during the sunset ?
(ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟାସ୍ତ ସମୟରେ ଆକାଶ କିପରି ଦେଖାଯାଏ ?)
Answer:
The sky looks bright during the sunset.

Question 10.
Which are the two seasons mentioned in the poem?
(କେଉଁ ଋତୁ ଦୁଇଟି କବିତାରେ ଉଲ୍ଲିଖୁତ ହୋଇଛି ?)
Answer:
The two seasons mentioned in the poem are winter and summer.

Question 11.
Why does the poet consider the summer sun pleasant?
(ଗ୍ରୀଷ୍ମକାଳୀନ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ କବି କାହିଁକି ଆନନ୍ଦଦାୟକ ବୋଲି ବିଚାରିଛନ୍ତି ?)
Answer:
The summer comes after the winter and it gives great relief to the winter-hit people. The summer sun is warm and comfortable in England. That is why the poet considers the summer sun pleasant.

Question 12.
What do we enjoy in greenwood?
(ଆମେ ସବୁଜ ଅରଣ୍ୟରେ କ’ଣ ଉପଭୋଗ କରୁ ?)
Answer:
We enjoy the beauty of the tall trees in the green wood.

Question 13.
How are the meadows useful for us?
(ଘନ ତୃଣଭୂମିଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଆମ ପାଇଁ କିପରି ଉପଯୋଗୀ ?)
Answer:
The meadows are open areas of grassland where people play different games.

Question 14.
Where do the rushes grow?
(ନଳତୃଣଗୁଡ଼ିକ କେଉଁଠାରେ ବଢ଼ିଥା’ନ୍ତି ?
Answer:
The rushes grow by the waterside.

Question 15.
Why do people gather rushes ?
(ଲୋକମାନେ ନଳତୃଣଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ କାହିଁକି ସଂଗ୍ରହ କରନ୍ତି ?)
Answer:
People gather rushes every day because they are used for making mats and baskets.

Question 16.
Why has God given us eyes?
(ଭଗବାନ୍ ଆମକୁ ଚକ୍ଷୁ ଦେଇଛନ୍ତି କାହିଁକି ?)
Answer:
God has given us eyes to see all the beautiful things created by Him.

Question 17.
What should our lips tell?
(ଆମର ଓଷ୍ଠ | ଅଧର କ’ଣ କହିବା ଉଚିତ ?)
Answer:
Our lips should tell about the greatness of God and all His creations.

Question 18.
How does the poet describe God?
(କବି ଭଗବାନ୍‌ଙ୍କୁ କିଭଳିଭାବେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି ?)
Answer:
The poet describes God as Almighty who has made everything.

G. Let’s Appreciate:

The poet describes many things in the poem. Make a list of the things described in the poem.
(କବିତାରେ କବି ଅନେକ ଜିନିଷର ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି । କବିତାରେ ବର୍ଣିତ ଜିନିଷଗୁଡ଼ିକର ଏକ ତାଲିକା କର ।)
Answer:
List of things described in the poem:

Flowers, birds, cold wind, pleasant summer sun, ripe fruit, mountains, rivers, sunset, sunrise, sky, garden, tall trees, greenwood, meadows, rushes, eyes, and lips.

Question 1.
Which of the things are bright and which of the things are small?
(କେଉଁ ଜିନିଷଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଉଜ୍ଜଳ ଓ କେଉଁ ଜିନିଷଗୁଡ଼ିକ କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ?)
Answer:
Bright things are                                                              Small things are
(i) colors of the little bird and little flower                       the little flower
(ii) purple-headed mountain and river                            the little bird
(iii) sunrise and sunset                                                     tiny wings
(iv) the sky
(v) the summer sun
(vi) the greenwood
(vii) the meadows

Question 2.
Which are the lines in the poem where the poet expresses his gratitude to God?
(କବିତାର କେଉଁ ଧାଡ଼ିଗୁଡ଼ିକରେ କବି ଈଶ୍ବରଙ୍କୁ ନିଜର କୃତଜ୍ଞତା ଜଣାଇଛନ୍ତି ?)
Answer:
The lines in the poem where the poet expresses his gratitude to God are as follows.
The Lord God made them all (Line 4)
He made their flowing colors (Line 7)
He made their tiny wings (Line 8)
He gave us eyes to see them (Line 21)
And lips that we might tell (Line 22)
How great is God Almighty (Line 23)

Question 3.
Is this poem a description or a prayer?
(ଏହି କବିତାଟି ଏକ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା ଅଥବା ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା ଅଟେ ?)
Answer:
This poem is a description that gives a beautiful description of various wonderful things of God.

Question 4.
Why do you think so?
(ତୁମେ କାହିଁକି ଏପରି ଭାବୁଛ ?)
Answer:
This poem All Things Bright and Beautiful is more of a description. The word ‘prayer’ means a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God for His help and blessings. In this poem, the poet expresses his deep gratitude to God as the maker of all things bright and beautiful, wise and wonderful, and all creatures great and small. That is why the poet feels obliged and says some words in praise of Him. Thus, it is the description.

• Each stanza of the poem is a unit. The last word of one line is similar in sound to the last word of another line. These are rhyming words.
  Rhyming words in the poem are as follows.

  beautiful        small     sings     open      by       play       tell wonderful      all          wings    colors     sky     day       well

Activity I:
Students are divided into groups of four or five. Each group is asked to find the last word in each line of a stanza and put together all the words which have similar sounds. Each group is asked to present its findings.
(ଛାତ୍ରଛାତ୍ରୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରୁ ୪ ବା ୫ ଜଣଙ୍କୁ ନେଇ ଗୋଟିଏ ଗୋଟିଏ ଦଳ ଗଠନ କରି ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ ଦଳକୁ (କବିତାର) ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ ଧାଡ଼ିର ଶେଷ ଶବ୍ଦ ସହିତ ସମଧ୍ୱନିଜନିତ ଅନ୍ୟ ଶବ୍ଦଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଏକତ୍ର କରିବାକୁ କୁହାଯାଇଛି ।)
(This activity shall be done by the teacher in the class.)

Activity II:
(a) Fill in the blanks choosing the appropriate words given in brackets and read the lines.
1. God has given it _________.
2. So it can _________.
3. And it beautifully _________.
4. While going up in the _________.
(fly, sings, sky, wings)

Answers:
1. God has given it wings.
2. So it can fly.
3. And it beautifully sings.
4. While going up in the sky.

(b)
1. The meadows look _________.
2. Where we run and _________.
3. And the river is _________.
4. Where we bathe _________.
(play, every day, clean, green)

Answers:
1. The meadows look green.
2. Where we run and play.
3. And the river is clean.
4. Where we bathe every day.

Activity III:
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
(ଉପଯୁକ୍ତ ଶବ୍ଦ ବସାଇ ଶୂନ୍ୟସ୍ଥାନ ପୂରଣ କର ।)
1. He gave us ears to _________.
2. He gave us to see _________.
3. He gave us to taste things _________.
4. He gave us skin to _________things.
5. He gave us nose to _________.
6. We enjoy God’s creation through the five _________.

Answers:
1. hear
2. eyes
3. tongue
4. feel
5. smell
6. senses

Activity IV:
Given below are some clues. Pick up the lines of the poem following the clues.
(ନିମ୍ନରେ କେତେକ ସୂଚନା ଦିଆଯାଇଛି । ସୂଚନାଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଅନୁସରଣ କରି କବିତାଟିରୁ ଧାଡ଼ିଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ବାହାର କର ।)
flower  __________________________________
colour  __________________________________
bird      __________________________________
wings   __________________________________
Now compare these lines with the appropriate stanza of the poem. What change in the rhyming pattern do you mark?
(ଏବେ ଏହି ଧାଡ଼ିଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ କବିତାର ଯଥୋପଯୋଗୀ ପଦ ସହ ତୁଳନା କର । ତୁମେ ଯତିପାତ କ୍ରମରେ କ’ଣ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟ କରୁଛ ।)

flower Each little flower that opens a color
color   He made their glowing colors bird
bird     Each little bird that sings wings
wings  He made their tiny wings

The rhyming pattern of the original stanza in the poem and the above stanza is different. In the original stanza, the last word of a line rhymes with the last word of the alternate line, but in the above stanza, the last word of a line rhymes with the last word of the next line.

H. Let’s Listen And Speak:
Students are divided into groups of four to five. Each group is given a word from the poem. The members of a group discuss the word among themselves for five minutes. Then one group has to answer the questions on the word asked by the other groups. The following words may be picked up from the text.

mountain, sunset, sunrise, winter, summer, sun, river, garden, greenwood, meadow, rushed

[This can be used as a competitive game among the groups. Credit can be given for the number of correct answers to the questions by the members of a group. A maximum of ten questions shall be asked by each group and be given credit. At the end of the game, the total score is calculated for the winners and runners-up or serial positions of the groups. The teacher is to provide an equal number of words to each group and decide the equal number of questions to be asked by each group as well as the credit points for each correct answer. Also, the teacher can devise any other competitive game with the purpose of facilitating listening and speaking.]
(This assignment is to be done in the classroom by the teacher dividing the students into four to five groups.)

I. Let Us Write:
Read the line: The tall trees in the greenwood.
Trees are useful for mankind in many ways. Given below are some clues. Write a few lines on each.
(ଗଛଗୁଡ଼ିକ ମଣିଷ ଜାତି ପାଇଁ ଅନେକ ଦରକାରୀ । ନିମ୍ନରେ କେତେକ ସୂଚନା ଦିଆଯାଇଛି । ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ ବିଷୟରେ କେତୋଟି ଧାଡ଼ି ଲେଖ ।)
Tree

• Construction of a house( ଏକ ଘର ନିର୍ମାଣ)
• Furniture (ଆସବାବପତ୍ର)
• Translation results (ଅନୁବାଦ ଫଳାଫଳ)
• Rainfall (ବର୍ଷା)
• Temperature control (ତାପମାତ୍ରା ନିୟନ୍ତ୍ରଣ |)
• Soil erosion (ମୃତ୍ତିକା କ୍ଷୟ |)
• Deforestation (ଜଙ୍ଗଲ ନଷ୍ଟ)
• Afforestation (ବୃକ୍ଷରୋପଣ |)

Answer:
Trees
Construction of a house (ଗୃହ ନିର୍ମାଣ ଉପରେ):
Wood is necessary for the construction of a house. Its use was more in making traditional houses in the recent past. It was used mainly as pillars and bars. Presently it is used mainly for making doors and windows. Its use has been reduced only because of its costliness and less availability. It is our duty to save trees.

Furniture (ଆସବାବପତ୍ର):
Wooden furniture has an all-time great demand. Even though they are expensive today people still go for it because their value is incomparable. We get wood from trees which are used in making sofa-set, cot, cupboard, almirah, wardrobe, chair and table, bench and desk, dining table, etc. Thus trees in the form of furniture give us comfort and luxury.

Rainfall (ବର୍ଷା):
Rainfall also depends on the trees. The leaves of the trees release huge quantities of water vapor into the atmosphere which helps in the formation of clouds. The areas, which have more trees, receive more rainfall. So we see heavy rainfall in forests. Deserts have scanty rainfall because there are no trees.

Temperature control (ତାପମାତ୍ରା ନିୟନ୍ତ୍ରଣ |):
Trees are our real friends. When we sit under a shady tree in the hot summer, we feel relaxed. When the temperature rises, it is the tree that comes to our rescue. Its branches and green leaves help to absorb the heat and do not allow it to reach us. The trees provide shade for the animals in the summer.

Soil erosion (ମୃତ୍ତିକା କ୍ଷୟ |):
Soil erosion has become a tough problem today. Recently soil erosion in coastal lines has created a panic. It happens largely due to the loss of trees. It is the tree roots that bind the soil tightly and does not allow the soil to erode away. Deforestation is a cause of soil erosion. Loss of soil has certain bad consequences which are to be avoided. Let us not cut trees to avoid an unpleasant situation ahead.

Deforestation (ଜଙ୍ଗଲ ନଷ୍ଟ):
Deforestation means cutting down trees in the forests. Presently we come across such activities all over the world. Mostly, deforestation is done for the establishment of factories and new colonies, towns, and offices. Due to this, we are losing large hectares of forest every year. It has certain evil effects like soil erosion, earthquake, flood, cyclone, scanty rainfall, and rise in temperature. The animals will be the worst sufferer of deforestation as they will lose their habitat and food. It is definitely a step toward destruction.

Afforestation (ବୃକ୍ଷରୋପଣ |):
Afforestation is the process of planting trees on bare land in order to create a forest. It has become a need today as we have lost most of our greenery. Deforestation has caused much damage to us. We are to continue afforestation to fill up the loss caused by deforestation. Afforestation can check soil erosion, flood, cyclone, earthquake, and many other disasters. Let’s join in this great work of afforestation to make the world a safe place for human habitation.

BSE Odisha 10th Class English All Things Bright and Beautiful Important Questions and Answers

Very Short A Objective Questions With Answers:
Answer The Following Questions In A Word Or A Phrase:

Question 1.
What does the poet think of all things?
Answer:
bright and beautiful, wise and wonderful

Question 2.
What has been described as great and small?
Answer:
all creatures

Question 3.
Who made all things and creatures?
Answer:
The Lord God

Question 4.
What has God given to the little flowers?
Answer:
glowing colors

Question 5.
What has God given to the little bird?
Answer:
tiny winds

Question 6.
What do you mean by ‘opens’?
Answer:
blooms

Question 7.
What do you mean by ‘glowing’?
Answer:
bright

Question 8.
What do you mean by ‘tiny’?
Answer:
very small

Question 9.
What do you mean by ‘purple’?
Answer:
bluish-red

Question 10.
What is described as purple-headed?
Answer:
the mountain

Question 11.
What is running by the mountain?
Answer:
the river

Question 12.
What do the sunset and morning make to the sky?
Answer:
brightened

Question 13.
In which season does the cold wind blow?
Answer:
in winter

Question 14.
How is the summer sun described?
Answer:
pleasant

Question 15.
Where according to the poet, do we find ripe fruits?
Answer:
in the garden

Question 16.
Where do we see tall trees?
Answer:
in the greenwood

Question 17.
What do people do in the meadows?
Answer:
play

Question 18.
What do we call an open area of grassland?
Answer:
meadow

Question 19.
What according to the poet, grow by the water?
Answer:
the rushes

Question 20.
What is used for making mats and baskets?
Answer:
the rushes

Fill In The Blanks With Right Words:

1. All Things Bright and Beautiful is a wonderful poem written by ____________.
Answer:
C.F. Alexander

2. C.F. Alexander belongs to ____________.
Answer:
Ireland

3. C.F. Alexander is a famous ____________.
Answer:
Hymn writer and poet

4. The poem ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ is included in ____________.
Answer:
Hymn for Children

5. C.F. Alexander says that all things are bright and ____________.
Answer:
beautiful

6. C.F. Alexander says that all things are wise and ____________.
Answer:
wonderful

7. C.F. Alexander says that all creatures are great and ____________.
Answer:
small

8. According to C.F. Alexander ____________ made all the things and creatures.
Answer:
the Lord God

9. The two little things mentioned in the poem are a little bird and little ____________.
Answer:
flower

10. Each little flower that ____________.
Answer:
opens

11. Each little bird that ____________.
Answer:
sings

12. God has given the ____________to the little flower.
Answer:
glowing color

13. Glowing colors means ____________ colors.
Answer:
bright

14. God has made the ____________ of the little bird.
Answer:
tiny wings

15. The poet says that the mountain is ____________.
Answer:
purple-headed

16. The rays of the setting sun make the mountain-top appear ____________.
Answer:
purple

17. The ____________ is running by the mountain.
Answer:
river

18. ‘The sunset and the morning that ____________ up the sky’.
Answer:
brightens

19. The ____________ blows in winter.
Answer:
cold wind

20. The two seasons mentioned in the poem are winter and ____________.
Answer:
summer

21. The poet says that the summer sun is ____________.
Answer:
pleasant

22. The poet says that the ripe fruit is in the ____________.
Answer:
garden

23. The tall trees are in the ____________.
Answer:
greenwood

24. We ____________ in the meadows.
Answer:
play

25. A meadow is an open area of ____________.
Answer:
grassland

26. The ____________ grows by the water.
Answer:
rushes

27. Varieties of waterside plants are called ____________.
Answer:
rushes

28. The rushes are used for making ____________.
Answer:
mats and basket

29. The poet says that we gather ____________ every day.
Answer:
rushes

30. The meadows look ____________.
Answer:
green

31. The rushes grow by the ____________.
Answer:
water

32. We see the ____________ in the greenwood.
Answer:
tall trees

33. God has given us ears to ____________.
Answer:
hear

34. God has given us ____________ to see.
Answer:
eyes

35. God has given us ____________ to taste things
Answer:
tongues

Multiple Choice Questions With Answers
Pick out the correct alternative.

Question 1.
In the poem ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ the poet says that God has made all the creatures ____________.
(A) great and small
(B) wise and wonderful
(C) bright and beautiful
(D) all the above
Answer:
(A) great and small

Question 2.
Who has created all these beautiful things?
(A) Lord Jagannath
(B) Lord Shiva
(C) Lord Vishnu
(D) Lord God
Answer:
(D) Lord God

Question 3.
The little flowers are attractive because of ____________.
(A) their glowing colors
(B) their little petals
(C) their timely appearance
(D) their beauty and smallness
Answer:
(A) their glowing colors

Question 4.
The mountain top looks purple because ____________.
(A) the flowers bloom aplenty there
(B) lots of colorful birds fly over it
(C) the rays of the setting sun fall on it
(D) None of the above
Answer:
(C) the rays of the setting sun fall on it

Question 5.
The little things described in the poem are ____________.
(A) beautiful flowers and the blue sky
(B) rushes and green forests
(C) the summer sun and the garden
(D) little flowers and little birds
Answer:
(D) little flowers and little birds

Question 6.
At sunset, the mountain top looks ____________.
(A) green
(B) purple
(C) brown
(D) yellow
Answer:
(B) purple

Question 7.
The little birds have tiny wings. Here, ‘tiny wings’ means _____________.
(A) very small wings
(B) very big wings
(C) very ugly wings
(D) very nice wings
Answer:
(A) very small wings

Question 8.
The poem ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ is written by ____________.
(A) Sarojini Naidu.
(B) William Wordsworth
(C) Lord Alfred Tennyson
(D) Cecil Frances Alexander
Answer:
(D) Cecil Frances Alexander

Question 9.
The mountain top looks bluish-red at ____________.
(A) sunset
(B) noon
(C) mid-day
(D) midnight
Answer:
(A) sunset

Question 10.
The poet says that all the things in this universe are ____________.
(A) small, little, and careful
(B) gloomy, ugly, and wonderful
(C) foolish, stupid, and harmful
(D) bright, beautiful, and wonderful
Answer:
(D) bright, beautiful, and wonderful

Question 11.
The cold wind that is created by God blows in ____________.
(A) summer
(B) autumn
(C) spring
(D) winter
Answer:
(D) winter

Question 12.
The poet considers the summer sun pleasant because ____________.
(A) the summer sun is pleasant in India
(B) the summer is pleasant in England
(C) the bright rays of the sun fall on the earth
(D) summer is a beautiful season
Answer:
(B) the summer is pleasant in England

Question 13.
According to the poet, we can get ripe fruit ____________.
(A) in the garden
(B) on the farm
(C) in the market
(D) in the orchards.
Answer:
(A) in the garden

Question 14.
The meadows are very useful for us because ____________.
(A) we grow different crops there
(B) we play different games there
(C) there are plenty of flowers in them
(D) they attract children
Answer:
(B) we play different games there

Question 15.
Rushes usually grow ____________.
(A) by the waterside
(B) in or near the deserts
(C) by the hillside
(D) in the fields
Answer:
(A) by the waterside

Question 16.
God has given us eyes to ____________.
(A) see the beauty of His creation
(B) read the books
(C) watch television
(D) gaze at the scenery
Answer:
(A) see the beauty of His creation

Question 17.
God has given us lips to ____________.
(A) praise his greatness
(B) quarrel with our friends
(C) talk with our parents
(D) apply cosmetics
Answer:
(A) praise his greatness

Question 18.
The two seasons described in the poem are ____________.
(A) spring and rain
(B) winter and summer
(C) Autumn and spring
(D) rain and autumn
Answer:
(B) winter and summer

Question 19.
The poem ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ is ____________.
(A) a description of birds and animals
(B) a prayer to God, the Almighty
(C) the description of animals
(D) a description of the beauties of Nature
Answer:
(B) a prayer to God, the Almighty

Question 20.
The garden described in the poem is full of ____________.
(A) beautiful flowers
(B) small birds
(C) ripe fruits
(D) green vegetables
Answer:
(C) ripe fruits

Question 21.
God has given us ____________ to enjoy his creation.
(A) hands
(B) legs
(C) ears
(D) eyes
Answer:
(D) eyes

Question 22.
God has given us ____________ to hear the music of Nature.
(A) eyes
(B) lips
(C) ears
(D) nose
Answer:
(C) ears

Question 23.
God has given us the tongue to ____________ the things.
(A) smell
(B) lick
(C) see
(D taste
Answer:
(D) taste

Question 24.
God has given us ____________ to smell the fragrance of things.
(A) lips
(B) tongue
(C) skin
(D) nose
Answer:
(D) nose

Question 25.
C.F. Alexander was an ____________ poet.
(A) American
(B) Irish
(C) Mexican
(D) Canadian
Answer:
(B) Irish

All Things Bright and Beautiful Summary in English

Lead-In:
The poem ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful ’ by C.F. Alexander is a song praising the God who is believed to have created the universe. God has created beautiful sunrises and sunsets, trees and flowers, rivers and mountains, birds and animals. He has given us eyes to see, mouths to speak, noses to smell, skin to feel, tongues to taste, and ears to hear. Every activity, such as the change of seasons, the fragrance of flowers, etc. is done at His will. Thus God Almighty, who has made everything well, is really great to whom we should obey and worship.

Stanzawise Explanation:
Stanza – 1 (Lines 1 to 4)
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Gist:
In the 1st stanza, the poet describes the things and creatures that we see around us are bright and beautiful, great and small, and wise and wonderful. It is the Lord God who has made them all.
ଅନୁବାଦ : ପ୍ରଥମ ପଦରେ କବି ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି ଯେ ଆମେ ଆମ ଚତୁଃପାର୍ଶ୍ଵରେ ଦେଖୁଥ‌ିବା ସମସ୍ତ ଜିନିଷ ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ବଳ ଏବଂ ସୌନ୍ଦର୍ଯ୍ୟମୟ, ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀ ବିଶାଳ ଏବଂ କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର, ବିଜ୍ଞ ଅଟନ୍ତି ।

Stanza – 2 (Lines 5 to 8)
Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.
Gist:
In the second stanza, the poet describes about God’s blessings to flowers and birds. God has given bright colors to each little flower that blossoms. He has given very small wings to each little bird that sings.
ଅନୁବାଦ : ଦ୍ଵିତୀୟ ପଦରେ କବି ଫୁଲ ଏବଂ ପକ୍ଷୀମାନଙ୍କୁ ଈଶ୍ବରଙ୍କ ଆଶୀର୍ବାଦ ବିଷୟରେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି । ପ୍ରତିଟି ପ୍ରସ୍ଫୁଟିତ ପୁଷ୍ପକୁ ସେ ଦେଇଛନ୍ତି ଉଜ୍ଜଳ ରଙ୍ଗ । ସୁମଧୁର କଣ୍ଠରେ ରାବ କରୁଥିବା ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ପକ୍ଷୀକୁ ସେ ଦେଇଛନ୍ତି କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ସୁନ୍ଦର ଡେଣା । ଈଶ୍ବର ଫୁଲର ଆକର୍ଷଣୀୟ ରଙ୍ଗ ଓ କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ପକ୍ଷୀର କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର ଡେଣା ତିଆରି କରିଛନ୍ତି ।

Stanza – 3 (Lines 9 to 12)
The purple-headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset and the morning,
That brightens up the sky.
Gist:
In the third stanza, the poet describes the mountain during the sunset and the morning. He has made the bluish-red mountain top with the river flowing by it. He has made the glowing sunset and the bright sunrise in the morning. The sunset and the sunrise brighten the sky.
ଅନୁବାଦ : ତୃତୀୟ ପଦରେ କବି ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟାସ୍ତ ଓ ପ୍ରାତଃକାଳୀନ ପର୍ବତକୁ ନୀଳାଭ-ରକ୍ତିମ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣରଞ୍ଜିତ ମସ୍ତକଧାରୀ ବୋଲି ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି । ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟାସ୍ତ ସମୟରେ ଅସ୍ତଗାମୀ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟର ନୀଳ-ଲୋହିତ ରଶ୍ମି ପାହାଡ଼ ଉପରେ ପଡ଼ି ତାହାକୁ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ସୌନ୍ଦର୍ଯ୍ୟପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ କରିଥାଏ । ପ୍ରାତଃକାଳରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେହି ଏକା କଥା ଘଟିଥାଏ । ପାହାଡ଼ର ପାଦଦେଶରେ ପ୍ରବହମାନ ନଦୀର ଜଳ ମଧ୍ୟ ଉଦିତ ଏବଂ ଅସ୍ତଗାମୀ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟରଶ୍ମିରେ ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ଵଳିତ ହୁଏ । ତାହା ମଧ୍ୟ ଆକାଶକୁ ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ବଳିତ କରିଥାଏ । ଏ ସମସ୍ତ ସୌନ୍ଦର୍ଯ୍ୟମୟ ଏବଂ ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ବଳ ବସ୍ତୁର ସୃଷ୍ଟିକର୍ତ୍ତା ହେଉଛନ୍ତି ଈଶ୍ଵର ।

Stanza – 4 (Lines 13 to 16)
The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruit in the garden,
He made them every one.
Gist :
In the fourth stanza, the poet says that God is the creator of the cold wind that blows in the winter and he has made the pleasant summer sun. He is also the maker of the ripe fruit in the garden. He has made everyone.
ଅନୁବାଦ : ଚତୁର୍ଥ ପଦରେ କବି କହିଛନ୍ତି ଯେ ଈଶ୍ବର ଶୀତଦିନେ ପ୍ରବାହିତ ହେଉଥ‌ିବା ଥଣ୍ଡା ପବନ ଏବଂ ଆନନ୍ଦଦାୟୀ ଗ୍ରୀଷ୍ମକାଳୀନ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରିଛନ୍ତି । ସେ ମଧ୍ୟ ବଗିଚାରେ ଥ‌ିବା ପାଚିଲା ଫଳର ନିର୍ମାତା । ସେ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟେକ ଜିନିଷକୁ ତିଆରି କରିଛନ୍ତି ।

Stanza – 5 (Lines 17 to 20)
The tall trees in the greenwood,
The meadows where we play,
The rushes by the water,
We gather every day.
Gist:
In this stanza, the poet describes the greenwood and the meadows. In the greenwood, one can enjoy the beauty of the tall trees. The variety of tall trees with their green leaves in the green wood is in fact a beautiful scene to see. There are also meadows where we play. A meadow is an open area of grassland which is ideal for sports activity. Everyone also takes interest in collecting the rushes that have grown in the waterside.
ଅନୁବାଦ : ଏହି ପଦରେ କବି ସବୁଜ ବଣ ଏବଂ ଘନ ତୃଣଭୂମି ସମ୍ପର୍କରେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି । ସବୁଜ ବଣରେ ବିଶାଳକାୟ ଉଚ୍ଚା ଗଛଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଈଶ୍ବର ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରିଛନ୍ତି । ପ୍ରତିଦିନ ଆମେ ସଂଗ୍ରହ କରୁଥ‌ିବା ଜଳଜ ଉଭିଦଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଈଶ୍ଵରଙ୍କର ଅବଦାନ । ଘନ ତୃଣଭୂମିଗୁଡ଼ିକ ସବୁଜ ଘାସପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଏକ ଖୋଲା ଅଞ୍ଚଳ ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ଆମେ ଖେଳାଖେଳି କରୁ ।

Stanza – 6 (Lines 21 to 24)
He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well?
Gist:
In the last stanza, the poet describes the importance of the eyes and lips that God has given us. He also describes the greatness of God who has made all things well. God has given us eyes to see all the bright and beautiful things that he has made. He has also given us the lips so that we can tell and discuss His creations. This Almighty God, who has made everything bright and beautiful, great and small, and wise and wonderful, is really great.
ଅନୁବାଦ : ଶେଷ ପଦରେ ଈଶ୍ବର ଆମକୁ ଦେଇଥ‌ିବା ଆଖୁ ଓ ଓଷ୍ଠର ଗୁରୁତ୍ଵ କଥା କବି ବର୍ଣନା କରିଛନ୍ତି । ଈଶ୍ଵର ଆମକୁ ଆଖ୍ ଦେଇଛନ୍ତି ତାଙ୍କଦ୍ୱାରା ନିର୍ମିତ ସମସ୍ତ ଉଜ୍ଜଳ ଓ ସୌନ୍ଦର୍ଯ୍ୟପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବସ୍ତୁକୁ ଦେଖିବାପାଇଁ । ସେହିପରି ସେ ଆମକୁ ଓଷ୍ଠ ଦେଇଛନ୍ତି ଯେପରି ଆମେ ତାଙ୍କ ସୃଷ୍ଟି ବିଷୟରେ କହିବା ବା ଆଲୋଚନା କରିପାରିବା । ଯେଉଁ ସର୍ବଶକ୍ତିମାନ୍ ଈଶ୍ବର ସମସ୍ତ ଜିନିଷକୁ ତିଆରି କରିଛନ୍ତି ବାସ୍ତବରେ ସେ ମହାନ୍ ଅଟନ୍ତି ।

About The Poet:
The full name of the poet C.F. Alexander is Cecil Frances Alexander. She was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1818. She was a famous hymn (ଧାର୍ମିକ ଗୀତ)writer and poet. Her famous works are ‘Hymn for Children ’, ‘Christmas Carol’, ‘Once in Royal David’s City’, ‘Verses ( କ୍ଷୁଦ୍ର କବିତା)for Holy (ପବିତ୍ର) Season ’. This poem ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ is included ( ଅନ୍ତର୍ଭୁକ୍ତ କରାଯାଇଛି) in ‘Hymn for Children’.

Word Meaning / Glossary:

bright (Adj.) – shining strongly, glittering (ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ୱଳ)
He is wearing a bright yellow dress.
creatures (N) – living beings
We should be kind to all creatures.
great (Adj) – big, large
wise (Adj) – prudent
He is a wise man.
Lord (N) – Creator (Here God)
wonderful (Adj) – full of astonishment, amazing, marvelous, fantastic (93999)
We had a wonderful time last night.
The weather was absolutely wonderful today
opens(V) – blooms
glowing (Adj) – bright, shining
Flowers have glowing colors.
little (Adj) – pleasingly small
tiny (Adj) – very small (ବହୁତ ଛୋଟ)
Small birds have tiny wings.
wing (N) – a part of the body of birds used for flying (ଡେଣା)
A bird has two wings
summer (N) – ଗ୍ରୀଷ୍ମ
sun (N) – rays (କିରଣ)
garden (N) – ବଗିଚା
purple-headed mountain (Phrase)- bluish red mountain top (ଅସ୍ତଗାମୀ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟକିରଣ ଲୋହିତ ବର୍ଷ ରଞ୍ଜିତ କରେ ।)
running by (V) – flowing by (ପ୍ରବାହିତ)
ripe (Adj) – (ପାଚିଲା)
The old man eats ripe fruits.
brightens (V) – shines, illuminates
pleasant (Adj) – Something that pleases
meadow (N) – an open area of grassland
Children love to play in the meadows.
rush (N) – a tall plant like grass that grows near or in water
A part of the river is filled with rushes.
gather (V) – collect
Children like to gather small pebbles,
Almighty (N) – all-powerful
Great (Adj) – glorious
Give us eyes (Phrase) – has given eyes to the man
lips (N) – one of the two fleshy edges of the mouth

BSE Odisha 10th Class English Detailed Text

• Chapter 1 All Things Bright and Beautiful
• Chapter 2 A letter to God
• Chapter 3 The Solitary Reaper
• Chapter 4 At the High School
• Chapter 5 Village Song
• Chapter 6 Festivals of North-East India
• Chapter 7 The Flower-School
• Chapter 8 Air Pollution: A Hidden Menace
• Chapter 9 From the Formalin Jar
• Chapter 10 School’s Goodbye
• Gift Nifty Timing