The laburnum top is silent, quite still
In the afternoon yellow September sunlight,
A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fell.
Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup
A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end.
(1) What is the significance of the ‘Laburnum top’ here?
(2) Which season has been described in these lines?
(3) What commotion does the bird create? How?
(4) Who is the poet of the poem?
Answers
Answer:
1)The Poem "The Laburnum Top" is a beautiful poem by Ted Hughes. In this poem, the poet has used the Laburnum tree and goldfinches as a symbol of life and its fluctuations. He describes the visiting of goldfinches on the Laburnum tree and how she has made a nest on it.
2)The autumn season.
3)The goldfinch flies away from the branches of the laburnum tree, laden with beautiful golden flowers, after creating a lot of commotion. It had come to feed its fledglings.
4)See your poem
Answer:
The laburnum top is silent, quite still
In the afternoon yellow September sunlight,
A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fell.
Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup
A suddenness, a startlement, at a branch end.
(1) What is the significance of the ‘Laburnum top’ here?
(2) Which season has been described in these lines?
(3) What commotion does the bird create? How?
(4) Who is the poet of the poem?