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The document discusses several poems and poets. It begins by describing a poem by Mirza Ghalib lamenting the fall of Delhi in 1858. It then mentions Ernest Dowson, a late 19th century English poet known for coining the phrases "days of wine and roses" and "I have forgot much, Cynara!" The document goes on to provide context and details about numerous other poems and poets, including Rabindranath Tagore, Jibanananda Das, Lord Tennyson, and Edgar Allan Poe. It uses questions to test the reader's knowledge and connect different poems, poets, and literary works.

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Mirza Ghalib had dedicated many beautiful poems to his muse, Purani Delhi. In one of his mid 19th century poems, we see Ghalib lamenting: "Dilli na rahi, chhavni hai Na qila, na shaher, na bazar, na nahar Qissa mukhtasar Shahar Sahra ho gaya" What was Ghalib describing?
The fall of Delhi in 1858. Written after the English forces took Delhi from the Sepoy forces during Sepoy Mutiny.
Ernest Dowson was a turn of the century English poet, often associated with the decadent movement. Died only 32, in 1900, his primary fame rests upon two of the English phrases that he given to us. If one of the phrase is days of wine and roses, what's the other?
I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind, Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng -Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae, 1894.
One Mechanical Engineer from BE College, thus remembers his old flame: "爨爨爨萎 爨爭爨爨爭 爨爨爨爭 爨爨爨爭 爨爭爨爨 爨爨項爨爨逗 爨項Θ爭爨鉦イ 爨爭爨鉦Ξ爨鉦Π 爭爨鉦Θ爭爨 爨萎 爨踶爨爭爨 爨爨爭爨 爨爨爭爨, 爭爨爨 爭爭 爨爨 爨爨 爨爨項Θ爭爨爭 爨爭爨, 爨爭爨劇爨爨鉦 爨項Θ爭爨爨逗鉦イ 爭爭 爨爨 爨爨 爨爨爨 爨爨逗Θ爭爨む 爨爭爨爨爭爨 爨爭爨 爨 爨項Θ爭 爨爭爨爨... " Id both.
Binoy Majumdar & Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak
X is a fictional donkey, meaning silvery in Spanish. A creation of poet Juan Ram坦n Jim辿nez, X is considered one of the famous characters Spanish literature has ever seen. Originally written for children, Jim辿nez continued with X in his poems as well, creating the donkey as an alter ego of the poet. Since, X has crossed boundaries and even one Bengali poet also fell under its charm. Id X.
Platero. First published in Platero y yo (Platero and I) by Jimenez. The Bengali poet was Shakti Chatterjee, who has sonnet sequences featuring Platero.
It was 1915, the WW1 was raging and two poet friends, one American and one British, were spending their life in the warmth of English countryside. One day, the American counterpart sent one of his freshly written poem to his friend, a poem about choices, and it became a decisive moment. Inspired by the poem, the British friend shrugged off all his hesitations and joined the Great War, only to be killed in action. His friend returned to America, dejected. Who are these poets? And which is the decisive poem that made all the difference?
Robert Frost & Edward Thomas The decisive poem was The Road Not Taken, which Frost wrote in 1915 and Thomas was its first reader.
After Premendra Mitra won the 1958 Sahitya Akademi for his book of verses 爨伍鉦爨 爨爭爨爨 爨爭爨萎, a joke came circulating in the literary circles. Contrary to the apparent belief that the poem was written after a trip to the sea, a rumour was started that the title poem as well as the whole collection was named so for one certain reason. What reason?
That Sagarmoy Ghosh, the legendary editor of 爨爨逗Χ once rejected these poems. Premendra Mitra compiled the rejected poems and named his collection 爨伍鉦爨 爨爭爨爨 爨爭爨萎
Allen Ginsberg visited India for the second time in 1971. Bob Dylan wanted his friend Allen to get a first- hand experience of the Bangladesh refugee crisis and Allen came up with September on Jessore Road. While one reads the poem, one of the stanza go like this: Is this what I did to myself in the past? What shall I do _____ Poet I asked? Move on and leave them without any coins? What should I care for the love of my loins?.. Fill in the blanks.
Sunil. Mentioning his good friend Sunil Gangopadhyay.
X is an 1890 Rudyard Kipling poem, written to highlight the extreme hardships of remaining twenty war veterans of one particular battle, and the typical British indifference towards it. The poem starts from where an earlier poem had left, even echoing the name. Though intended to be a sequel of the earlier poem, X had never achieved the fame the former attracts. X?
The Last of the Light Brigade Which narrates the hardships of the veterans of Battle of Balaclava, famously featured in the Lord Alfred Tennysons poem The Charge of the Light Brigade.
He was the owner of an electrical shop in Bankura, that's why Bimal Kar used to call him electric poet. Born in 1933 at Benaras, his biggest contribution to the Bengali poetry came in 1965, when one of his friend wrote a poem. Which poem?
爨爨爭爭 爨爨鉦Ξ 爨爨爨逗鐘 Abani Nag was a friend of Shakti Chattopadhyay and he was said to be the 爨爨爭爭 of Shakti Chattopadhyays 爨爨爭爭 爨爨鉦Ξ 爨爨爨逗鐘 fame.
The grandeur of this town was well documented as early as in 15th century, when we found Chand Saudagar of 爨爭爨伍鉦Ξ爨爭爨爭爨逗鉦Μ爨 seeing this town en route and commenting: 爨爨爨逗爨 爨伍爨萎Κ爭爨萎 爨爨逗Ξ爨 爨伍Μ 爨伍鉦Ξ爨 爨伍鉦Ξ爨 爨爭爨萎Ξ爭 爨爨爨 爨逗爨爨逗Π 爨о鉦Π爨 爭爨鉦爨 爨萎Δ爭爨 爨爨爨爨謹鉦 爨爨爨爨鉦Ξ爭爨爨爭 爨逗鉦鉦 爨 爨爨鉦 爭爨爨爭爨爭爨む 爨爭爨萎爨爨逗 爨爨鉦Π爨鉦イ The town lost its importance after Mughals laid a siege and defeated its inhabitants in 1632. Which town?
爨伍Κ爭爨む爭爨萎鉦Ξ Established by the Portuguese in 1533, the town fell to Mughal forces after Shah Jehan sent his army to get rid of the Harmads.
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The poem 爨謹爭爨逗鉦 爨逗Θ爨 爨爨伍Θ爨 爨伍爨爨萎爨爨鐘 by Bhaskar Chakraborty 爨謹爭爨逗鉦 爨逗Θ爨 爨爨伍Θ爨 爨伍爨爨萎爨爨 爨爨爨 爨爭爭爨爨鉦Ω 爨爭爨爨爨爭 爭爨鉦逗Μ- 爨爭爨萎Ξ爭 爨伍Θ爭爨о爨爨鉦 爨爨 爨爭爭 爨爭爨鉦Ξ爨逗Ξ 爨逗Θ爨 爨爨爨鉦Θ爨爨 爨萎爭爨 爨∇ 爨爨逗Θ爭 爨爨逗 爨爨爨鉦Π 爨謹Π爭爨爨- 爨爨爨 爨爭 爨 爨逗Θ爨 爨爨爨 爭爨鉦Ξ爨- 爨爨爭爨о爨逗鉦Θ爨 爭爭爭 爭爨鉦爭爨 爨爨 爨爭 爨爨逗 爨逗鉦Π爨, 爨伍鉦Π爨鉦Π爨鉦 爨爨鉦Ξ爨 爨爨爨 爨鉦...
Those who were a regular listener of Akashvani and a certain shortwave transmission from Kolkata in the early 70s, can still remember frequently listening to Jibanananda poems over radio. Jibanananda Das was a known poet to Bengali bhadralok by that time, but he yet to became an enigma as he is now. Still some of his poems got considerable airtime. Why?
Poems from 爨萎爨爨伍 爨爨鉦鉦爭爨 were used as codes during Liberation War of Bangladesh. Poems from other poets were also used sometimes, but 爨萎爨爨伍 爨爨鉦鉦爭爨 poems were the most popular among Muktibahini. The short wave station being Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.
Neil Perry and his friends were instrumental in reviving this long defunct poetry club in the year 1959. Over the year, they had studied some fourteen poems in all, which includes: Shall I compare thee to a summers day by William Shakespeare, She walks in beauty by Lord Byron and Ulysses by Lord Tennyson. Whats the name of this poetry club?
Dead Poets Society Features famously in the 1989 Robin Williams movie of the same name.
Feng Tang is a Chinese author. Some three years back, he found himself in the eye of a storm, when he wrote the following lines while translating a book of poems into Chinese: "The world unzipped its pants in front of his lover." The Chinese media and critics lambasted Feng for unnecessary turning a classic to obscenity and his publishers had to withdraw books off the shelf. The original collection of poems were in English and was published in 1922. Who was the poet?
Rabindranath Tagore. Feng was translating the line: The great earth makes herself hospitable with the help of the grass. (Poem XC, Stray Birds ) Tagores Stray Birds was a compilation of lines he had written during Japan tour in 1921. Almost all of its English poems were itself a translation of 爨爭爨劇Ξ爨萎爨逗 and 爨爭爨爭爭爛
Edger Allan Poe met Jane Craig Stanard in the year 1820. Poe was 14 at that time and motherless. She was 28 and mother of his class friend Robert. They soon struck a chord and their friendship flourished until her death in 1824. Poe immortalised Jane in one of the poem he wrote in 1831. This particular poem generates a considerable interest among the readers of the Bengali poetry. Why?
Edger Allan Poe wrote To Helen (1831) in memory of Jane Stanard. This is the poem, which inspired Jibanananda Das to write 爨爭爭爭爨 爨爨伍爛
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  • 2. Mirza Ghalib had dedicated many beautiful poems to his muse, Purani Delhi. In one of his mid 19th century poems, we see Ghalib lamenting: "Dilli na rahi, chhavni hai Na qila, na shaher, na bazar, na nahar Qissa mukhtasar Shahar Sahra ho gaya" What was Ghalib describing?
  • 3. The fall of Delhi in 1858. Written after the English forces took Delhi from the Sepoy forces during Sepoy Mutiny.
  • 4. Ernest Dowson was a turn of the century English poet, often associated with the decadent movement. Died only 32, in 1900, his primary fame rests upon two of the English phrases that he given to us. If one of the phrase is days of wine and roses, what's the other?
  • 5. I have forgot much, Cynara! gone with the wind, Flung roses, roses riotously with the throng -Non Sum Qualis eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae, 1894.
  • 6. One Mechanical Engineer from BE College, thus remembers his old flame: "爨爨爨萎 爨爭爨爨爭 爨爨爨爭 爨爨爨爭 爨爭爨爨 爨爨項爨爨逗 爨項Θ爭爨鉦イ 爨爭爨鉦Ξ爨鉦Π 爭爨鉦Θ爭爨 爨萎 爨踶爨爭爨 爨爨爭爨 爨爨爭爨, 爭爨爨 爭爭 爨爨 爨爨 爨爨項Θ爭爨爭 爨爭爨, 爨爭爨劇爨爨鉦 爨項Θ爭爨爨逗鉦イ 爭爭 爨爨 爨爨 爨爨爨 爨爨逗Θ爭爨む 爨爭爨爨爭爨 爨爭爨 爨 爨項Θ爭 爨爭爨爨... " Id both.
  • 7. Binoy Majumdar & Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak
  • 8. X is a fictional donkey, meaning silvery in Spanish. A creation of poet Juan Ram坦n Jim辿nez, X is considered one of the famous characters Spanish literature has ever seen. Originally written for children, Jim辿nez continued with X in his poems as well, creating the donkey as an alter ego of the poet. Since, X has crossed boundaries and even one Bengali poet also fell under its charm. Id X.
  • 9. Platero. First published in Platero y yo (Platero and I) by Jimenez. The Bengali poet was Shakti Chatterjee, who has sonnet sequences featuring Platero.
  • 10. It was 1915, the WW1 was raging and two poet friends, one American and one British, were spending their life in the warmth of English countryside. One day, the American counterpart sent one of his freshly written poem to his friend, a poem about choices, and it became a decisive moment. Inspired by the poem, the British friend shrugged off all his hesitations and joined the Great War, only to be killed in action. His friend returned to America, dejected. Who are these poets? And which is the decisive poem that made all the difference?
  • 11. Robert Frost & Edward Thomas The decisive poem was The Road Not Taken, which Frost wrote in 1915 and Thomas was its first reader.
  • 12. After Premendra Mitra won the 1958 Sahitya Akademi for his book of verses 爨伍鉦爨 爨爭爨爨 爨爭爨萎, a joke came circulating in the literary circles. Contrary to the apparent belief that the poem was written after a trip to the sea, a rumour was started that the title poem as well as the whole collection was named so for one certain reason. What reason?
  • 13. That Sagarmoy Ghosh, the legendary editor of 爨爨逗Χ once rejected these poems. Premendra Mitra compiled the rejected poems and named his collection 爨伍鉦爨 爨爭爨爨 爨爭爨萎
  • 14. Allen Ginsberg visited India for the second time in 1971. Bob Dylan wanted his friend Allen to get a first- hand experience of the Bangladesh refugee crisis and Allen came up with September on Jessore Road. While one reads the poem, one of the stanza go like this: Is this what I did to myself in the past? What shall I do _____ Poet I asked? Move on and leave them without any coins? What should I care for the love of my loins?.. Fill in the blanks.
  • 15. Sunil. Mentioning his good friend Sunil Gangopadhyay.
  • 16. X is an 1890 Rudyard Kipling poem, written to highlight the extreme hardships of remaining twenty war veterans of one particular battle, and the typical British indifference towards it. The poem starts from where an earlier poem had left, even echoing the name. Though intended to be a sequel of the earlier poem, X had never achieved the fame the former attracts. X?
  • 17. The Last of the Light Brigade Which narrates the hardships of the veterans of Battle of Balaclava, famously featured in the Lord Alfred Tennysons poem The Charge of the Light Brigade.
  • 18. He was the owner of an electrical shop in Bankura, that's why Bimal Kar used to call him electric poet. Born in 1933 at Benaras, his biggest contribution to the Bengali poetry came in 1965, when one of his friend wrote a poem. Which poem?
  • 19. 爨爨爭爭 爨爨鉦Ξ 爨爨爨逗鐘 Abani Nag was a friend of Shakti Chattopadhyay and he was said to be the 爨爨爭爭 of Shakti Chattopadhyays 爨爨爭爭 爨爨鉦Ξ 爨爨爨逗鐘 fame.
  • 20. The grandeur of this town was well documented as early as in 15th century, when we found Chand Saudagar of 爨爭爨伍鉦Ξ爨爭爨爭爨逗鉦Μ爨 seeing this town en route and commenting: 爨爨爨逗爨 爨伍爨萎Κ爭爨萎 爨爨逗Ξ爨 爨伍Μ 爨伍鉦Ξ爨 爨伍鉦Ξ爨 爨爭爨萎Ξ爭 爨爨爨 爨逗爨爨逗Π 爨о鉦Π爨 爭爨鉦爨 爨萎Δ爭爨 爨爨爨爨謹鉦 爨爨爨爨鉦Ξ爭爨爨爭 爨逗鉦鉦 爨 爨爨鉦 爭爨爨爭爨爭爨む 爨爭爨萎爨爨逗 爨爨鉦Π爨鉦イ The town lost its importance after Mughals laid a siege and defeated its inhabitants in 1632. Which town?
  • 21. 爨伍Κ爭爨む爭爨萎鉦Ξ Established by the Portuguese in 1533, the town fell to Mughal forces after Shah Jehan sent his army to get rid of the Harmads.
  • 23. The poem 爨謹爭爨逗鉦 爨逗Θ爨 爨爨伍Θ爨 爨伍爨爨萎爨爨鐘 by Bhaskar Chakraborty 爨謹爭爨逗鉦 爨逗Θ爨 爨爨伍Θ爨 爨伍爨爨萎爨爨 爨爨爨 爨爭爭爨爨鉦Ω 爨爭爨爨爨爭 爭爨鉦逗Μ- 爨爭爨萎Ξ爭 爨伍Θ爭爨о爨爨鉦 爨爨 爨爭爭 爨爭爨鉦Ξ爨逗Ξ 爨逗Θ爨 爨爨爨鉦Θ爨爨 爨萎爭爨 爨∇ 爨爨逗Θ爭 爨爨逗 爨爨爨鉦Π 爨謹Π爭爨爨- 爨爨爨 爨爭 爨 爨逗Θ爨 爨爨爨 爭爨鉦Ξ爨- 爨爨爭爨о爨逗鉦Θ爨 爭爭爭 爭爨鉦爭爨 爨爨 爨爭 爨爨逗 爨逗鉦Π爨, 爨伍鉦Π爨鉦Π爨鉦 爨爨鉦Ξ爨 爨爨爨 爨鉦...
  • 24. Those who were a regular listener of Akashvani and a certain shortwave transmission from Kolkata in the early 70s, can still remember frequently listening to Jibanananda poems over radio. Jibanananda Das was a known poet to Bengali bhadralok by that time, but he yet to became an enigma as he is now. Still some of his poems got considerable airtime. Why?
  • 25. Poems from 爨萎爨爨伍 爨爨鉦鉦爭爨 were used as codes during Liberation War of Bangladesh. Poems from other poets were also used sometimes, but 爨萎爨爨伍 爨爨鉦鉦爭爨 poems were the most popular among Muktibahini. The short wave station being Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra.
  • 26. Neil Perry and his friends were instrumental in reviving this long defunct poetry club in the year 1959. Over the year, they had studied some fourteen poems in all, which includes: Shall I compare thee to a summers day by William Shakespeare, She walks in beauty by Lord Byron and Ulysses by Lord Tennyson. Whats the name of this poetry club?
  • 27. Dead Poets Society Features famously in the 1989 Robin Williams movie of the same name.
  • 28. Feng Tang is a Chinese author. Some three years back, he found himself in the eye of a storm, when he wrote the following lines while translating a book of poems into Chinese: "The world unzipped its pants in front of his lover." The Chinese media and critics lambasted Feng for unnecessary turning a classic to obscenity and his publishers had to withdraw books off the shelf. The original collection of poems were in English and was published in 1922. Who was the poet?
  • 29. Rabindranath Tagore. Feng was translating the line: The great earth makes herself hospitable with the help of the grass. (Poem XC, Stray Birds ) Tagores Stray Birds was a compilation of lines he had written during Japan tour in 1921. Almost all of its English poems were itself a translation of 爨爭爨劇Ξ爨萎爨逗 and 爨爭爨爭爭爛
  • 30. Edger Allan Poe met Jane Craig Stanard in the year 1820. Poe was 14 at that time and motherless. She was 28 and mother of his class friend Robert. They soon struck a chord and their friendship flourished until her death in 1824. Poe immortalised Jane in one of the poem he wrote in 1831. This particular poem generates a considerable interest among the readers of the Bengali poetry. Why?
  • 31. Edger Allan Poe wrote To Helen (1831) in memory of Jane Stanard. This is the poem, which inspired Jibanananda Das to write 爨爭爭爭爨 爨爨伍爛