Question

Ques. 3. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that
follow. (4)
..........but soon
put that thought away and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes.......
(a) Which thought did the poet put away?
(b) What do the 'sprinting trees' signify?
(c) What are "the merry children spilling out of their homes", symbolic
of?
(d) Why does the poet make use of the images of 'young trees
sprinting' and 'merry children spilling​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) The thought of losing his mother

b)Sprinting trees are described as a contrast to her mother

c) Happiness , enthusiastic

d) The poet used these images to contrast to her mother as she is not enthusiastic and happy whereas the young trees seem to be happy and the children are also full of energy...