Sentence:

• Swimming is refreshing.

Analysis:

• “refreshing” হলো Present Participle।

• এটি verb “refresh” + ing আকারে এসেছে।

• এখানে adjective-এর মতো কাজ করছে, অর্থাৎ “Swimming” কীভাবে তা বর্ণনা করছে—উদ্দীপক/সজীব করে।

Participles:

• Present Participle: verb + ing → a refreshing drink, a sleeping baby

• Past Participle: verb + ed/en/t/নানান → a broken window, written letter

• Perfect Participle: having + past participle → Having finished his work, he went home.

সংক্ষেপে: participle একই সাথে verb ও adjective-এর কাজ করতে পারে।

Somniloquy

• Answer:

• The action or habit of talking in one's sleep → Somniloquy

• Meaning:

• English: The action or habit of talking in one's sleep

• Bangla: ঘুমের মধ্যে কথা বলার অভ্যাস

• Other Words for Comparison:

1. Gullible (Adjective): অতিসরল; সহজেই বিশ্বাসযোগ্য — Easily persuaded to believe something; credulous

2. Intestate (Noun/Adjective): মৃত্যুপত্র বা উইল না-রেখে মারা যাওয়া — A person who has died without having made a will

3. Soliloquy (Noun): স্বগতোক্তি — The act of talking to oneself

Source:

1. Oxford Dictionary

2. Merriam-Webster Dictionary

• The required answer is - Autobiographical epic poem

• The Prelude:

• Full title: The Prelude, or Growth of a Poet’s Mind.

• Considered an autobiographical poem by William Wordsworth.

• Written in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter).

• Composition began in 1798 and published posthumously in 1850.

• Organized into 14 sections or books.

• Explores Wordsworth’s personal growth, experiences, and reflections on nature, society, and poetry.

• William Wordsworth:

• Born April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, Cumberland, England.

• Inspired by the French Revolution, which influenced his early poetry.

• Co-published Lyrical Ballads with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, marking the beginning of the English Romantic period.

• Known as the Father of the Romantic Age and often called a Lake Poet due to his association with the Lake District.

• Appointed Poet Laureate in 1843.

• Notable Works:

• Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey

• Lyrical Ballads

• Michael

• Ode: Intimations of Immortality

• Peter Bell

• The Excursion

• The Prelude

• The Recluse

• The Ruined Cottage

• The Solitary Reaper

• Lucy Poems

• Titles/epithets:

• Poet of Nature

• Poet of Childhood

• Lake Poet