Question

What does thickness' and 'machine' refer to in the poem 'The Laburnum Top?​

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The poem talks about "machine" and "engine". We all know that engine is inside a machine and it is the driving force of a machine. The engine also needs fuel to work. When the poet looks at the tree in the beginning , it is silent and still. When the goldfinch enters its thickness, a machine starts up. The tree is compared to a machine which starts working when the engine is filled with fuel. The following lines makes this clear. "It is the engine of her family. She stokes it full". Engine refers to the chicks int nest. When goldfinch feeds them(fuel), the engine startsworking and naturally the machine too. So, tree is the machine. Inside it the baby chicks in the nest, the engine and the food for them is the fuel.

Answer 2

The poem “The Laburnum Top” by Ted Hughes describes the mutual relation between a Laburnum Tree and a goldfinch. Both of them are yellow in color, the tree is yellow vis-a-vis its' flowers, and they are quite beautiful in appearance.

• In the poem, 'The Laburnum Top', "thickness" refers to the branches of the Laburnum Tree in which goldfinch's young ones live.
• "Machine" refers to the collective chirping of the young ones of the goldfinch who are hungry and for whom the goldfinch has brought food.

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