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The Palm-Tree by Rabindranath Tagore
Palm-tree: single-legged giant,
topping other trees,
peering at the firmament-
It longs to pierce the black cloud-ceiling
and fly away, away,
if only it had wings.
The tree seems to express its wish
in the tossing of its head:
its fronds heave and swish-
It thinks, maybe my leaves are feathers,
and nothing stops me now
from rising on their flutter.
All day the fronds the wind-blown tree
soar and flap and shudder
as though it thinks it can fly,
As though it wanders in the skies,
travelling who knows where,
wheeling past the stars-
And then as soon as the wind dies down,
the fronds subside, subside:
the mind of the tree returns.
To earth, recalls that earth is its mother:
and then it likes once more
its earthly corne
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please tell the summary of this poem
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Answer:
In ‘The Palm Tree’, Tagore imagines that a windblown tree is dreaming of becoming a bird and flying amongst the stars. The first verses of the poem are full of expressions of desire. The tree is lost in a flight of imagination.
palm tree by Vankuso
Like the tree, my mind often gets carried away and caught up in ideas of the past or future, hopes and dreams, ‘if-onlys’. I value these dream journeys, they allow me to visualise new possibilities and know what it feels like to fly. But, in the winds of thought, planning and excitement, it is easy to get lost in my mind: to find myself exhausted by words and ideas.
In the poem, the roots of the tree hold it safely and allow the branches to dance and dream and fly until it is ready to return to stillness. In the final verse, the dream disperses and the tree returns to its earthly body and to it rootedness in the ground.The poem reminds me how important it is for me to come back come back to my body, to my breath and to the earth. A tree without roots will not last for long and I too must remember to keep anchoring myself to a place of stillness. Only then am I am able to maintain my inner stability, even when I am busy and my mind is active.
I find that conscious breathing can be a really powerful anchor. Becoming aware of the breath can return us to the rhythm of our own bodies and help to soothe and calm us. The breath is often referred to by yoga and meditation teachers as ‘the bridge between mind and body’. As we bring our attention to our breath, we often find that it naturally begins to deepen and slow. This can calm the body by reducing our heart rate and activating the parasympathetic nervous system.