Find proofs from the poem for the following: 1. The poet has mentioned different seasons. 2. The poet’s minute observations of the
Find proofs from the poem for the following:
1. The poet has mentioned different seasons.
2. The poet’s minute observations of the steady growth of the cherry tree.
3. The colour imagery in the poem.
4. The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.
1 Answers
1. (a) “And suddenly that summer…”
(b) “Next spring”.
2. (a) “I found a tree had come to stay.
It was very small, five months child,
Lost in the tall grass running wild.”
(b) “Next spring I watched three new shoots grow.
The young tree struggle, upward thrust.
Its arms in a fresh fierce lust For light and air and sun”.
(c) “I could only wait, as one
Who watched, wandering, while Time and the rain
Made a miracle from green growing pain….”
3. (a) ‘Green’ colour used in the poem quite often and it represents ‘life’.
(b) ‘Pink’ colour used to show the tenderness, fragility of the berries.
(c) ‘Blue’ colour used for the sky as it represents the clear sky which the poet could see through the gap of the leaves of the cherry tree.
4. (a) “It was very small, five months child,
Lost in the small grass, running wild”.
(b) “But cherries have a way of growing,
Though no one’s caring very much or knowing”.
(c) “Goats ate the leaves, the grass cutter scythe
Split it apart and a monsoon blight
Shrivelled the slender stem…Even so,”
All these dangers were handled by the plant boldly since it had the urge to live.
(d) “The young tree struggle, upward thrust
Its arms in a fresh fierce lust
For light and air and sun”
The young tree refused to accept defeat and continued its struggle for survival in order to get the basic necessities of light, air and sun needed for its growth.