Question

Q1.Read the extract given below and answer the questions.



What does he plant who plants a tree?

He plants cool shade and tender rain

And seed and bud of days to be ,

And years that fade and flush again;

He plants the glory of the plain;

He plants the forest’s heritage;

The harvest of a coming age;

The joy that unborn eyes shall see-

These things he plants who plants a tree.




1) How has the poet described a tree earlier in the poem?

2) Which line has been repeated, and why?

3) What social and ecological benefits of planting a tree does the poet refer to?

4) In what sense is a tree ‘the harvest of a coming age’?

5) Name the things a tree-planter actually plants.​

Answer 1

Answer:

What does he plant who plants a tree? He plants cool shade and tender rain, And seed and bud of days to be, ... He plants the forest's heritage; ... Explain the line, “And years that fade and flush again.”.