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Answer : – The poem The ‘Asleep in the valley’ is written by Arthur Rimbaud in the form of an Italian Sonnet that has fourteen lines . The poet here expresses the futility of war. The poem starts with the poet’s description of nature’s beauty. There’s a beautiful valley where the slow stream shines in sun like a strand of silver. The rays of sun fill the scene in the hollow of the valley with light. A soldier is then seen lying in the valley with his head of fern and feet among flowers. He seems to be asleep open -mouthed peacefully on the heavy undergrowth. He has an innocent smile on his face. The poet urges nature to keep him warm and the insects not to disturb him. And with a sudden shock the reader realises that there are two bullet wounds in the shoulder’s body who is signify how war has wasted a young life. The readers of the poem can feel the pity created by war. So the ends with the depiction of the worthlessness of war.
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