Arthur Rimbaud | Asleep in the valley | Question Answer | facexor

Question: "A soldier, very young, lies,"

where did the soldier fall and how? How does the poet describe the appearance of the soldier? Why, in your opinion, was he lying in public?

 Answer: the above sentence has been taken from the poem,” Asleep in the valley” which is written by Jean Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud. An army was seen lying in a small sun-soaked valley under the open sky. The soldier lay down with his head between the fern and the flower at his feet. He had one hand on her breast and she was sleeping peacefully. The face of the man looked pale in the bright light of the sun. But he had a gentle smile like a baby. The soldier was pressed open because he was already dead and nothing could disturb his eternal sleep. So, he was lying in public.

 Question: "His smile….without a blank"

Mention the image of the speech used here. What does the poet mean here?

Answer: Originally the above line is written in non-English language by Arthur Rimbaud in his poem, “Asleep in the valley”. The poet compares the smile of a young soldier to that of a child. Here he uses an example effectively comparing smiles. The soldier is lying in a sun-drenched valley with a smile on his face that's a bit like a toddler, innocent, pure, and innocent.  The poet seeks to establish the fact that the futility of war would have torn a soldier's life from an untimely future if he could have survived. This young soldier was probably not aware of the hypocrisy of the world as a child before he was shot and killed mercilessly in battle. Nature acts like a loving mother in keeping the soldier warm as it is for all the creatures of the world but the selfish warlords do not understand it and mercilessly kill the innocent young soldier.