Abou Ben adhem

- James Henry Leigh Hunt

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poem
 Lines 1-5

Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)

Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,

And saw, within the moonlight in his room,

Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,

An angel writing in a book of gold:—

● The poet begins the poem with the name of
Abou Ben Adhem and adds to his name a
prayer in the bracket which shows that the
blessing is not a part of the poem but
because of the poet’s love and respect for
Abou Ben Adhem.
● One night, Abou Ben Adhem wakes from a
deep dream of peace.
● Looking around his moonlit bedroom, Ben
Adhem notices that the room is filled with a
sense of pure loveliness, like that of a
blooming lily, by the presence of an angel
who is writing in a golden book.
 Q. Which poetic device is used in this line:-
'Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,'

(a) simile

(b) metaphor

(c) personification

(d) no poetic device is used in this line

 Q. Which poetic device is used in this line:-
'Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,'

(a) simile

(b) metaphor

(c) personification

(d) no poetic device is used in this line

 Lines 6-10

Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,

And to the presence in the room he said,

"What writest thou?"—The vision raised its head,

And with a look made of all sweet accord,

Answered, "The names of those who love the

Lord."
● Ben Adhem's peaceful life thus far has made
him fearless, and so he asks the angel what
it is writing.
Q. How did Abou Ben Adhem speak to the angel?

(a) With humility

(b) Rudely

(c) He didn't speak at all

(d) he was stuttering

Q. How did Abou Ben Adhem speak to the angel?

(a) With humility

(b) Rudely

(c) He didn't speak at all

(d) he was stuttering

● Ben Adhem's peaceful life thus far has made
him fearless, and so he asks the angel what
it is writing.
● Looking up compassionately, the angel
answers that it is making a list of the people
who love God.
 Lines 11-14

"And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so,"

Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,

But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then,

Write me as one that loves his fellow men."

● Ben Adhem asks if his name is on this list.
● Ben Adhem asks if his name is on this list.
● It isn't, replies the angel.
● Ben Adhem asks if his name is on this list.
● It isn't, replies the angel.
● Unworried, Ben Adhem implores the angel to
record his name as some that loves other
people instead.
 Q.Which poetic device is used in this line:-
'Nay,not so,"

(a) simile

(b) metaphor

(c) personification

(d) alliteration
 Q.Which poetic device is used in this line:-
'Nay,not so,"

(a) simile

(b) metaphor

(c) personification

(d) alliteration
 Lines 15-18

The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night

It came again with a great wakening light,

And showed the names whom love of God had blest,

And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.

● The angel fulfills Ben Adhem's request
before disappearing.
● The angel fulfills Ben Adhem's request
before disappearing.
● The next night it returns in a blaze of light,
holding a new list of people blessed by God.
● The angel fulfills Ben Adhem's request
before disappearing.
● The next night it returns in a blaze of light,
holding a new list of people blessed by God.
● Ben Adhem's name is at the top.
● Abou Ben Adhem - the Anglicized name of
Ibrahim ibn Adham, a well-known early
Sufi mystic saint, renowned for his
charity and holiness,
● Writest: second-person present archaic
form of "write" (e.g. "what writest thou?"
instead of "what do you write?")
● Accord : Harmonic agreement.
● Nay : Archaic form of ‘no’
● Cheerly : in a cheerful manner.
● Lo : (Archaic exclamation) a shortened
form of “look”.
● Bold: brave
● Vanished : Disappeared.
 HOMEWORK QUESTION

Q. Critically analyse the character of Abou

Ben Adhem
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