Question

In the 'A Sea of Foliage' poem. What is answer of This poem describes a garden at two different times. What are those times called and How do you know

Answer 1

Explanation:

sea of foliage girds our garden round,

But not a sea of dull unvaried green,

Sharp contrasts of all colors here are seen;

The light-green graceful tamarinds abound

Amid the mango clumps of green profound,

And palms arise, like pillars gray, between;

And o’er the quiet pools the seemuls lean,

Red-red, and startling like a trumpet’s sound.

Meanings

Girds – Surrounds

Unvaried – monotonous

Tamarinds – Hindi – Imli

Abound – Exist; Grow

Amid – In the midst of

Clump – Clusters

Profound – Dark and deep

Seemuls – Silk-cotton tree with maroon flowers

Startling – Sound that gives a tremor

Trumpet – A loud musical instrument

Questions

What girds the poet’s garden?

The poet’s garden is bordered by a large number of trees with their bright colored foliage. The leaves of these trees are so much colorful that there are no dull colors among them.

What makes the poet’s garden attractive?

The poet’s garden is made attractive by the presence of various trees and their bright colored leaves. There are tamarinds, bright green mangoes, grey palms, seemul trees with their flowers

Where do tamarinds grow? What makes the tamarinds and clump of mangoes look the perfect match?

What startle the quiet pool?

The sound of the military trumpet startles the peace of the pool.

Stanza 2

But nothing can be lovelier than the ranges

Of bamboos to the eastward, when the moon

Looks through their gaps, and the white lotus changes

Into a cup of silver. One might swoon

Drunken with beauty then, or gaze and gaze

On a primeval Eden, in amaze.

Meanings

Ranges of bamboos – Lines of bamboo trees

Swoon – Feel dizzy; intoxicated

Gaze – Look in amazement/happiness

Primeval – Ancient

Eden – The garden where God created Adam and Eve

Questions & Answers

What offer the loveliest picture around the garden? When do they appear at the height of their beauty?

But nothing can be lovelier than the ranges of bamboos to the eastward, when the moon looks through their gaps.

and the white lotus changes into a cup of silver.

One might swoon drunken with beauty then, or gaze and gaze

What does the poet mean by primeval Eden?

On a primeval Eden, in amaze.

Answer 2

The writer depicts the garden in the day and around night time.

How is it so?

• This is apparent from the portrayal of the various shades of green found in the foliage, which is noticeable just in daylight.
• Then, at that point, she discusses the moon peeping between the bamboo trees.
• This shows that it is night.
• The artist portrays the nursery in the light and around evening time.
• The foliage is contrasted with an ocean since it shows up as huge and unending like an ocean yet dissimilar to an ocean, which has an unvarying shade of green all through.
• The foliage in her nursery has an alternate energizing and differentiating shade of green.
• This breaks the bluntness found in the ocean.

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