Question

Poem - The Cherry Tree
B. Answer the following questions with reference to context.
1. And suddenly that summer near the end of May, I found a tree had come to stay.
(a) Who is referred to as 'T?
(b) Why does the speaker say that the tree has come to stay?
(c) Would you consider the tree persistent? Why?

2. I could only wait, as one Who watched, wandering, while Time and the rain Made a miracle from green growing pain... (a) Who watched and wondered at the cherry tree?
(b) What does the phrase green growing pain mean?
(c) Describe the miracle that happened.

3. I lay on the grass, at ease, Looking up through leaves at the blue Blind sky.
(a) Who is referred to here?
(b) Why does the person lie on the grass? (c) What does he see through leaves?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Cherry Tree : Brainstorming - Questions and Answers : Class 11th English | 2.1 Poetry |

October 21, 2019

Std.XI - Poetry - 2.1 Cherry Tree by Ruskin Bond

CHERRY TREE

Brainstorming :.

Brainstorming A1) :

i) Find proof from the poem for the following.

a- The poet has mentioned different seasons.

Ans: The poet has mentioned different seasons in the following lines : -

Monsoon- "Split it apart and the monsoon blight. "

Summer - " And suddenly that summer near the end of may"

Spring - " Next spring i watched three new shoots grow"

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b- The poet's minute observations of the steady growth of cherry tree.

Ans: The poet's minute of the steady growth of cherry tree are suggested in the following lines : - " I found a tree had come to stay.

It was very small, five months child,

Lost in the tall grass running wild."

Answer 2

Answer:

1. a) The cherry tree is referred to as 'T

b) Because it overcame all the adversities and still there and at the end blossoms.

c) Yes.It faced all adversities and still came a long way.

2. a) The poet watched and wondered at the cherry tree.

b) The meaning of green growing pain is 'the problem that arises in the growing of green cherry plant'.

c) It depict the frst miracle performed by jesus when he was in mary's womb.

3. a) The poet is referred here.

b) To get relaxed and have a nap.

c) The cherry tree had died on two occasions , when a goat had eaten all its leaves, and when a woman had chopped off half the tree while cutting the grass .

Explanation:

• The poem "Cherry Tree" was written by Ruskin Bond. The title itself suggests that the poem refers to cherry trees.
• It is a poem of nature because it contains elements of nature.
• The poem vividly depicts the poet planting the cherry blossom seed and how the tiny plant continues to grow against all odds.
• This poem conveys the conservation message of planting trees and their importance.

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