O you shaggy – headed banyan tree
standing on the bank of the pond
a) Who is the speaker in the above lines?
b) What does the word ‘shaggy’ mean?
c) Whom does ‘you’ refer to?
d) Why is he saying shaggy-headed?
Answers
a)shaggy
Answer:
c)shaggy
Explanation:
because you he saying to shaggy
ANSWER:
These lines are taken from the poem ‘The Banyan Tree’ which is written by Rabindranath Tagore.
a) The speaker in the above lines is the narrator himself.
b) The word ‘shaggy’ means thick. In this context, the speaker refers the tree as shaggy headed which means that it’s upper portion or its head is thick with many branches and any leaves hanging from them.
c) By the word ‘you’, the speaker refers to the banyan tree which is standing on the banks of the pond. The speaker personifies the tree as ‘you’.
d) The speaker uses the word ‘shaggy – headed’ in order to emphasize the thick head of the banyan tree. We know that the banyan tree has thick head which comprises of many branches from the trunk and many leaves that are hanging from the branches.