Question

The whole tree trembles and thrills.

It is the engine of the family

She stokes it full, then flirts out to a branch-end

Showing her barred face identity mask

Qi)—When does the Laburnum tree seem to tremble?

a) The shaking movement of the wings of young ones and their chirrup tremble the

laburnum tree

b) The autumn breeze shakes the laburnum tree

c) People living around it shake the tree

d) None of these

Qii)- Who is the engine of the machine?

a) The laburnum tree

b) The goldfinch

c)The young ones

d)None of these

Qiii)—Identity the poetic device used in the first line

a) Personification
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Answer 1

Answer:

a. d) none of these

b. a?) The laburnam tree

Answer 2

Answer:

Qi)

a) The shaking movement of the wings of young ones and their chirrup tremble the  laburnum tree.

Qii)

b) goldfinch

Qiii)

a) Personification – the attribution of personal nature characteristics to something non-human

The whole tree trembles and thrills.