Question

Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

The Laburnum top is silent, quite still

In the afternoon yellow September sunlight,

A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen

i) Why were the leaves yellowing?

ii) Why is the colour ‘yellow’ used here?

iii) What is common about the beginning and the ending of the poem?

iv) Which poetic device has been used in the line – ‘In the afternoon yellow September sunlight’ . Explain.​

Answer 1

ANSWERS :

1.The leaves were yellowing due to autumn season.

2.Yellow has been used here because the poem states about the laburnum tree which is yellow and similarly with the goldfinch bird.Thus the word yellow is the main colour and highlighted

3.At the beginning the tree was still and silent and after the bird flew away it again becomes silent.

4. Alliteration -September sunlight.