Bihar Board Class 10 · English · Matric exam 2027
Chapter 6: Koel — notes
The chapter’s 5 parts in the book’s order — the first idea of each and the points Medha Ma’am writes on the board — and the summary at the end. The full lesson and a check question for each part are in the app.
1. The poet calls out to the Koel
Okay, so this poem is written by Puran Singh.
- • Poet: Puran Singh
- • Koel hides in mango-leaves and sings
- • 'Lightning' singed its wings - yet it is fresh
- • High-pitched strains = thousand memories
2. The Koel's restless, fiery song
Okay, so the poet asks why the Koel is so restless.
- • Koel's notes = 'spark-shedding', kindle fire
- • Roses on fire; winds and waters catch it
- • Shades of mangoes burn
- • Koel = 'a rain of sparks, O little Bird!'
3. The Fire of Love charred the Koel's wings
Okay, so now the poet gives the Koel its own voice.
- • Koel's answer: 'Fire of Love has charred my wings'
- • This fire 'made me anew'
- • Koel is restless
- • Koel's question: 'Where is my Beloved?'
4. The sight of mango-blossoms fires the Koel more
Okay, so the Koel keeps explaining itself.
- • Sight of mango-blossoms: fires the Koel all the more
- • Greener garden -> brighter burns the heart
- • Koel's 'flaming soul' asks: 'Where? where is my Beloved?'
5. Speak, why are thy leaves so still?
Okay, so, let's come to the end of the poem.
- • Koel's soul repeats: 'Where is my Beloved?'
- • Final cry: 'Speak! speak! why are thy leaves so still?'
- • Koel remains restless, searching
Summary
Okay, so let's look back at the whole poem. It's called Koel, written by Puran Singh. It opens with the poet wondering at the Koel, hidden away in the mango-leaves. Its high-pitched song wakes a thousand memories in him. Then he describes the bird's restless notes, shedding sparks, kindling fire everywhere — in the roses, in the winds and waters, in the shades of mangoes. He even calls it 'a rain of sparks'. Why is the bird so restless? The Koel answers the poet's question itself — it says the Fire of Love has charred its wings, and made it anew. That's why it's restless, searching for its Beloved. Notice how the mango-blossoms, and the greener garden, don't calm the Koel at all. They only make this fire of love burn brighter in its heart. And the poem closes with the Koel's flaming soul still asking where its Beloved is, crying out — 'Speak! speak! why are thy leaves so still?' So tell me, what do you think the Koel is really searching for, through this whole poem?
AskMedha · Medha Ma’am — Bihar Board Class 10 English, Chapter 6. Written from the textbook, checked twice.
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