It is the engine of her family She stokes it full, then flirts out to a branch end Showing her barred face identity mask” (a) Why has the poet used the word ‘engine’ in the above lines? (b) Explain ‘she stokes it full’. (c) Why does ‘she’ flirt out to a branch end? (d) How does her barred face serve as identity mask?
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1) Just as the engine starts up the machine, her arrival in the nest has suddenly started up the silent machine i.e. the young ones have started chittering and making noise. The expression 'She stokes it full' means that she has fed the young ones who now have the energy to become active and make noise.
2) The poet evokes the image of the engine as it is the source of energy for a machine. The poet compares the bird with an engine as she is the source of energy for the machine i.e. the nest where the chicks are resting.
3) Just as the engine starts up the machine, her arrival in the nest has suddenly started up the silent machine i.e. the young ones have started chattering and making noise. The expression 'She stokes it full' means that she has fed the young ones who now have the energy to become active and make noise.
4) The bird is ever cautious to protect her offspring and moves briskly (flirts) out to a branch end so that her markings are visible to her babies so that they may recognise her.
5) What does the phrase, "her barred face identity mask" mean? Answer: The striped face of the goldfinch is its mask. She remains hidden in 'thickness' and her striped face makes her recognizable, and this face becomes her identity mark.
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