Usmon Nosir: “Yurak” and “Nil va Rim”
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write the years of Usmon Nosir’s creativity and the number of his works in a table.
Ages 18–24; 5 collections, 2 narrative poems, 4 plays.
2
Write the main idea you grasped from “Yurak” in three sentences.
There is inspiration and joy, but responsibility before the homeland stands above them.
3
Express each part of “Nil va Rim” briefly in one sentence.
1 – picturing history; 2–3 – Egypt; 4–5 – Rome; 6 – Spartacus and revolt.
4
Explain the meaning of the refrain and its function in the poem.
The lyric hero proclaims himself a descendant of rebels; the repetition strengthens the idea.
5
Why do you think the pyramids are seen as “the hand of slaves”?
Because slaves built them and the poet regards them as a monument to the slaves’ wrath.