Question

fith How did St. Peter punish the old lady?
(iv) What is a legend?

(v) What is the meaning of bleeding bark??
(vi) What finally kills the tree?
(vii) What does the poet wish for the snake?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes

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Answer 2

Answers

1. Saint Peter became very angry to see such greedy behaviour of the lady and called her too selfish to live as a human and have food, shelter and a fire to keep her warm. He punished her by changing her into a woodpecker that would have to build a nest to live in and get its food by boring the hard dry trunks of trees.
2. an old story that may or may not be true.
3. “Bleeding bark” refers to the area on the tree trunk where it has been hit with the axe. It bleeds because the wood cutter has wounded the tree by cutting and chopping it.
4. The tree is finally killed when its roots are uprooted and it scorches and chokes in sunlight and air. This process leads to the browning, hardening, twisting and thereby, withering of the roots.
5. The poet wishes that the snake be left unharmed. He wants it to go over the water into the reeds to hide.

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