THE ORPHAN GIRL
BY
HENRY LOUIS VIVIAN DEROZIO
1. How was the hair of the orphan girl?
Answer: The hair of the orphan girl was as black as the raven’s wings.
2. How was her cheek?
2. How was her cheek?
Answer: The cheeks of the orphan girl had the hue of tulip flower on them.
3. To what was the voice of the girl compared? How was her voice?
3. To what was the voice of the girl compared? How was her voice?
Answer: The voice of the girl was compared to the singing of night’s wind.
Her voice was as soft as the sound of the night’s wind.
4. How were the eyebrows of the girl?
4. How were the eyebrows of the girl?
Answer: The girl’s eyebrows had the beauty of moonbeam.
5. “And left her infant parentless”—How did the girl become an orphan/ parentless
5. “And left her infant parentless”—How did the girl become an orphan/ parentless
Answer: The girl’s father died in the battle field and her mother died grief-stricken. So, she became an orphan.
6. Who was the father of the girl? / How did her father die?
6. Who was the father of the girl? / How did her father die?
Answer: The girl’s father was a soldier who died in the battle field.
7. How did her mother die?
7. How did her mother die?
Answer: The girl’s mother died grief-stricken not enduring the widow’s part due to her husband’s death in the battle field.
8. What is the guerdon/ prize of the brave in the battle field?
8. What is the guerdon/ prize of the brave in the battle field?
Answer: The soldier who shows bravery in the battle field, gets a glorious grave and it is his guerdon.
9. “She sunk beneath her soul’s distress
And left her infant parentless.”—Who sunk beneath her soul’s distress and why?
9. “She sunk beneath her soul’s distress
And left her infant parentless.”—Who sunk beneath her soul’s distress and why?
Answer: The girl’s mother mentioned in the poem The Orphan Girl sunk beneath her soul’s distress because her husband died in the battle field.
10. “……………. Oh she seemed
Marked for much woe in this unpitying world!
Poor Friendless wanderer”—About whom was this remark made? Why was the world unpitying to the her? Why was she a “friendless wanderer”?
10. “……………. Oh she seemed
Marked for much woe in this unpitying world!
Poor Friendless wanderer”—About whom was this remark made? Why was the world unpitying to the her? Why was she a “friendless wanderer”?
Answer: This remark was made about a girl who became orphan at the very early age.
The world seemed unpitying to the orphan girl because after her parents’ death nobody gave her shelter, nobody helped her, even spoke to her.
No man gave the orphan girl shelter, food as a friend. So she became a friendless wanderer.
11. How was the world/ earth to the orphan girl?
The world seemed unpitying to the orphan girl because after her parents’ death nobody gave her shelter, nobody helped her, even spoke to her.
No man gave the orphan girl shelter, food as a friend. So she became a friendless wanderer.
11. How was the world/ earth to the orphan girl?
Answer: The world/ earth seemed to the orphan girl unpitying, cold, bleak and a desert.
12. Why did the world/ earth seem unpitying, cold, bleak and a desert to the girl?
12. Why did the world/ earth seem unpitying, cold, bleak and a desert to the girl?
Answer: After her parents’ death, nobody gave her shelter, nobody helped her, even spoke to her. So, the world/ earth seemed unpitying, cold, bleak and a desert to the girl.
13. “Through life’s dreary desert alone she must wend”—About whom has this remark been made? Why does the life seem like a dreary desert? Why must she wend her life alone?
13. “Through life’s dreary desert alone she must wend”—About whom has this remark been made? Why does the life seem like a dreary desert? Why must she wend her life alone?
Answer: This remark has been made about an orphan girl in the poem The Orphan Girl.
The life seems like a dreary desert to her because after her parents’ death, nobody gives her shelter, nobody helped her, even spoke to her and so she must wend her life alone.
14. “For alas! the wretched have never a friend!”—Who is the wretched person here and why?
The life seems like a dreary desert to her because after her parents’ death, nobody gives her shelter, nobody helped her, even spoke to her and so she must wend her life alone.
14. “For alas! the wretched have never a friend!”—Who is the wretched person here and why?
Answer: In the poem The Orphan Girl by Derozio, an orphan girl is the wretched person here because according to the poet, one who becomes parentless, never gets a friend to help her, to give her shelter or even to speak to her.
15. “And should she stray from virtue’s way”—About whom was this remark made? Why should she stray from virtue’s way?
15. “And should she stray from virtue’s way”—About whom was this remark made? Why should she stray from virtue’s way?
Answer:This remark has been made about an orphan girl in the poem The Orphan Girl by Derozio.
After her parents’ death, no friend came ahead to give her shelter, food, even to speak to her. So the poet thought that the girl might stray from her virtue’s way to earn her livelihood.
16. What is meant by “stray from virtue’s way”?
After her parents’ death, no friend came ahead to give her shelter, food, even to speak to her. So the poet thought that the girl might stray from her virtue’s way to earn her livelihood.
16. What is meant by “stray from virtue’s way”?
Answer: “Stray from virtue’s way” means doing something illegal i.e. prostitution to earn livelihood when the little girl became parentless and none gave her shelter, food.
17. “The world will scorn”—Whom will the world scorn and why? What will happen if the world scorns her?
17. “The world will scorn”—Whom will the world scorn and why? What will happen if the world scorns her?
Answer:The world will scorn the orphan girl if she strays from her virtue’s way to earn her livelihood.
If the world scorns her, she will die of pain and shame.
18. “Ah! Shame hath enough to wring the breast
With a weight of sorrow and guilt oppressed”—Who had enough shame to wring her breast? Explain.
If the world scorns her, she will die of pain and shame.
18. “Ah! Shame hath enough to wring the breast
With a weight of sorrow and guilt oppressed”—Who had enough shame to wring her breast? Explain.
Answer: An orphan girl mentioned in the poem The Orphan Girl by Derozio, had enough shame to wring her breast.
When getting parentless, nobody came ahead to the girl with helping hand to give her a shelter, warmth, food, the girl could not stray from her virtue’s way to earn livelihood because she enough shame to pain her heart. It would also feel her sorrow and guilty.
19. “No tear is so bright………………”—Why is the tear so bright?
When getting parentless, nobody came ahead to the girl with helping hand to give her a shelter, warmth, food, the girl could not stray from her virtue’s way to earn livelihood because she enough shame to pain her heart. It would also feel her sorrow and guilty.
19. “No tear is so bright………………”—Why is the tear so bright?
Answer: When a woman gets limitless pain and nobody pities her pain, her tears on her cheeks become very bright. Here such condition of a orphan girl is described in the poem The Orphan Girl by Derozio.
20. “And blest be for ever his honoured name”—Whose name will be blessed for ever with honour? / What message does the poet convey at the very end of the poem?
20. “And blest be for ever his honoured name”—Whose name will be blessed for ever with honour? / What message does the poet convey at the very end of the poem?
Answer:Who will give the orphan girl a shelter in her misery and who will recover her sorrow and shame, his name will be blessed with honour forever.
21. What will happen if anyone gives the orphan girl a shelter?
21. What will happen if anyone gives the orphan girl a shelter?
Answer: If anyone gives the orphan girl a shelter in her misery, his name will be blessed with honour for ever.
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