Question

They said: "We are the oak-trees and your own true family. We are chopped down, we are torn up, you do not blink an eye. Unless you make a promise now-now you are going to die! "Whenever you see an oak-tree felled, swear now you will plant two. Unless you swear the black oak bark will wrinkle over you And root you among the oaks where you were born but never grew.'
This was my dream beneath the boughs, the dream that altered me. When I came out of the oakwood, back to human company, My walk was the walk of a human child, but my heart was a tree.
1) Choose the correct options and fill in the blanks :-
a) When the poet came out of the oak wood, his heart was that of a __________
▀ Stag, ▀ Tree,▀ Human child,▀ None of these.
b) The poet found himself surrounded by ______
i) a staring tribe, ii) birds, iii) children, iv) animals
c) The poet was tied to a ____________
i) chair, ii) gate ii) tree trunk, iv) stake
d) When they are chopped down, the poet __________
i) gets shocked ii) mourns iii) does not blink an eye iv) plants a tree
e) Unless he made a promise, he was going to be _________
i) driven out of the forest, ii) happy, ii) plant trees, iv) rooted among the oak trees


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Answer 1

Answer:

1. tree

2. staring tribe

3. tree trunk

4. plants a tree

5. rooted among oak trees

Answer 2

Required AnswErs:-

1.

a) When the poet came out of the oak wood, his heart was that of a tree.

b) The poet found himself surrounded by i) a staring tribe.

c) The poet was tied to a iv) stake.

d) When they are chopped down, the poet iii) does not blink an eye.

e) Unless he made a promise, he was going to be iv) rooted among the oak trees.

Explore More :-

• This poem "My Own True Family" is penned by Ted Hughes. He was an eminent English poet. He was known as the Poet Laureate of Great Britain. Some of his noted writings are Birthday Letters, Tales from Ovid etc.
• The poem narrates the magical experience of a young child (here, imagined as the author) in an oakwood through his dream or illusion. It pays a kind request to all the readers to plant trees instead of cutting them. Here, the trees and human being are shown as a single family. It draws the soul of all readers to focus on the need to save our environment.