Why does the goldfinch choose the Laburnum top to build her nest?
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Explanation:
♡ ↪The poem starts with a description of the Laburnum tree whose top was still and silent. Its leaves had turned yellow and seeds had fallen down. It was a daytime in the month of September when the tree was standing still and death-like.
The life-less tree becomes alive by the arrival of the Goldfinch bird. She came to feed her younger ones who are on the thickness of the branch. The tree is her shelter. She arrives at the end of the branch with the chirping sound. She further moves to the other side of the branch with rapid and precautionary movement like a lizard. As soon as she arrives, her younger ones start chirping like a machine and vibrating and flapping their wings. The death-like tree becomes alive and it trembles and shakes.
After feeding them, she flies to the other side of the branch. Her dark coloured face with the yellow body was barely visible as she vanished behind the yellow leaves. She flew away in the sky, leaving the tree death-like again.
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Answer:
Laburnum tree is a poisonous tree which is a very well-known fact to the Goldfinch. Thus it chooses the tree for her nest so that no other bird can harm its children and the Goldfinch knows that the tree is dangerous hence it would not torment itself.