Understanding the Poem
Answer these questions,
1. Why does the speaker call the tree shaggy-headed? What caused the tree-top
to become like this?
2. In what way does the speaker compare himself with the birds that used to live in the branches
of the banyan tree?
3. Stanzas 3 and 5 tell us what happens near the banyan tree, and how it appears to an observer.
Describe in your own words, what takes place, the scene created and the effect produced.
4. What would the child sit and think about? Why does he think about these things?
5. How does the child's interaction with the tree in stanza 2 differ from the way he wishes to interact
with the tree in stanza 6?
6. We get the idea that the speaker of the poem is the child that is being talked about. We can say
this because
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1.The speaker calls the tree Shaggy-headed because the branches of the tree are long, thick and twisted giving it an untidy appearance. The tree-top became like this because many years ago, birds had nested in its branches, children were playing around it but now, all have left the tree alone
2.The speaker has compared himself with the birds that used to live in the branches of the Banyan tree because the banyan tree has forgotten both of them who played and rested in the shadow of the branches of the tree.
classroom in a slum which is far far away from the winds or waves blowing strongly
5. In stanza 2, the boy is sitting by his window and watching the tree and thus, his interaction with the tree is limited to observing it closely
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