POEM - THE TREES BY - ADRIENNE RICH

 POEM - THE TREES BY - ADRIENNE RICH

OPTIONAL - 1. Who has been personified in the line "no sun bury its feet in shadow"?

a) sun b) feet c) shadow d) none of the above

2. What are the trees compared to?

a) insects b) newly discharged patients c) birds d) children

3.What reaches like a voice into the rooms?

a) Noise of the roots b) shuffling of the branches

c) smell of leaves and lichens d) light of the moon

4.What rushes to meet the trees?

a) wind b) light c) Sun d) Moon

5. The pieces of the moon can be seen in the crown of which tree?

a) Apple tree b) Hemlock tree c) oak tree d) walnut tree

Ans. 1-a, 2-, 3-c, 4-a, 5-c,

Questions and Answers

QUES. - 1. Find three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest?

Ans. The three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest are: -

i - the sitting of a word on trees

ii - the hiding of insects

iii - the sun burying its feet in the shadow of the forest.

2. Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves and their twigs do?

Ans. In the poem, the trees are in the poet's house. Their roots work all night to disengage themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor. The leaves make efforts to move towards the glass, while the small twings get stiff with exertion.

3. What does the poet compare the branches of trees to?

Ans. The poet compares the branches of trees to newly discharge patients of a hospital.

4.What happens to the house when the trees move out of it?

Ans. When the trees move out of the house, the glasses break and the whispers of the trees vanish, leaving the house silent.