Question

class 11 Then sleek as a lizard, and alert , and abrupt,

She enters the thickness , and a machine starts up,

of chitterings and a tremor of wings, and trillings

The whole tree trembles and thrills. It is the engine of her family.

(i)Name the poet and the poem from which this passage has been taken.

(ii)who is ‘she’ and how does ‘she’ enter the thickness?

(iii)What does the ‘machine’ refer to here?

(iv)Why does the tree tremble and thrill?​

Answer 1

I)The laburnum top by Ted Hughes
II)She is the goldfinch bird
The goldfinch like a lizard enters the thickness with rapid,alert and precautious movements.
III)The machine refers to the bird’s family/young ones
IV)When the mother brings food for the young ones,they get excited and chitter and shake their wings so the tree trembles.