Question

Find proof from the poem for the following.
(a) The poet has mentioned different seasons.
(D) The poet's minute observations of the steady growth of the cherry tree
(c)
The colour imagery in the poem.
(d) The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The poet has mentioned different seasons.

Answer-Summer:- And suddenly that summer near the end of May.

Monsoon:- Split it apart and a monsoon blight.

Spring:- Next spring I watched three new shoots grow.

(b) The poet’s minute observations of the steady growth of the cherry tree.

Answer-The steady growth of the cherry tree shown in these following lines.

I found a tree had come to stay.

It was very small, five months child,

Lost in the tall grass running wild.

(c) The colour imagery in the poem.

Answer- Colour imagery in the poem:-

Green growing pain (Dappled green),

blossom small pink,

blue blind sky

(d) The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.

Answer- The struggle of the cherry tree for survival has shown in the following lines-

The young tree struggle, upward thrust

Its arms in a fresh fierce lust

For light and air and sun.