Question

Who wouldn’t flee shouting for a bath in ‘If I was a Tree’?​

Answer 1

Answer:

the Mother Earth

Answer: According to the speaker in the poem, 'If I was a Tree', the Mother Earth would not flee shouting for a bath, if the tree branched out further from its roots.

Answer 2

Answer:

According to the poet, Mother Earth wouldn't flee shouting for a bath.

Explanation:

• If I was a Tree is a poem written by the Kannada poet Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy.
• It is a commentary on the social evils of the Indian caste system.

The last two lines of the third stanza:

When I branch out further from my roots

Mother Earth wouldn’t flee shouting for a bath.

• This is a reference to untouchability: the brutal atrocity faced by the people of lower caste.
• It refers to the inhumane belief of the upper caste people that coming in contact with a lower caste person would pollute them.

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