The Tree

THE TREE

SUMMARY The poetess describes how the forest is the natural home of trees, but humans have cut them down and kept them...

Stanza 1 the forest that was empty all these days where no bird could sit no insect hide no sun bury its feet in shadow...

Stanza 2 to disengage themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor. The leaves strain toward the glass small twigs st...

Stanza3 writing long letters in which I scarcely mention the departure of the forest from the house. The night is fresh,...

Stanza4 which tomorrow will be silent. Listen. The glass is breaking. The trees are stumbling forward into the night. Wi...

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1. The poem ‘The Trees’ presents a conflict between Man and Nature. Discuss. Answer : The poem 'The Trees' tells ho...

2. Why are the trees described in the first stanza not useful for birds or insects? Answer : In the first part of t...

3. Where are the trees at present? What do their roots, and leaves do? Answer : The trees are inside the house. The...

4. Describe the sound and fury of the victorious march of the trees to the forest. Answer : Now, the quiet fight be...

5. Why do the trees need to relocate from the city? Where were they before and why? Answer : Trees in the forest we...

6. What changes can be seen in the moon during the course of the poem “The Trees”? Answer : Initially, it was the f...

7. How does the poetess describe the growth of the trees inside the houses? Answer : These trees grow in small pots...

8. What causes the forest to become empty? What are the consequences of having a treeless forest? Answer : Humans c...

9. Describe the sound and fury of the victorious march of the trees to the forest. Answer : Now, the silent battle...

10. What is the central idea of the poem ‘The Trees’? Answer : The main idea of the poem is the struggle between hu...

11. How does the poetess describe the night? How does she feel? Answer : It is night time. The night is fresh. In t...

12. What kind of whispers does the poet hear, and why will they cease tomorrow? Answer : The poet hears the trees t...

13. Change never comes easy. Justify the quote in the context of the poem “The Trees”. Answer : Change is always...

14. The poem ends on a note of victory. Justify with reference to the literal and symbolic meaning. Answer : The p...

15. Describe the struggle of the roots, leaves, small twigs and long boughs to free themselves and break open the artifi...

16. How do trees resist their captivity by humans? Answer : The trees don't want to stay in human homes. They use t...

17. What is the theme of the poem ‘The ‘frees’? Answer : The theme of the poem is the disappearance of trees. This...

18. Why doesn’t the poetess make any mention of the struggle waged by the trees to free themselves to move towards the f...

19. Why does the poetess use the metaphor of newly discharged patients? Answer : A patient feels depressed in a hos...

20. Why is the description of the moon different in the beginning and at the end of the third stanza? Answer : At t...

21. What will be the condition of a treeless forest? Answer : No one can imagine a forest without trees. They are t...

22. The poet symbolizes women as forests, not trees. What does this suggest? Answer : The poem compares nature, r...

23. Why is the poetess hopeful that the empty forest will be full of trees by the morning Answer : The poet is hope...

24. How does the poetess compare the boughs, and why? Answer : The poet likens the tree branches to patients leavin...

25. What happens to the roots and leaves of these trees at night? Answer : The tree roots are stuck in the cracks o...

26. Justify the revolt of the trees and state two values which the man should possess to stop the revolt. Answer :...

27. Describe the comparison between boughs and the newly discharged patients in the last lines of the second stanza....

28. Why is the full moon broken to pieces like a mirror in the last lines of the poem? Answer : Previously it was a...

29. What is the message that the poetess wants to give to the readers through the poem ‘The Trees’? Answer : Adrien...

30. Why is the poet writing long letters? Why does she not mention the departure of the trees? Answer : The poet...

31. What are the whispers that fill the head of the poet? Answer : The poet hears whispers in her head. These are t...

32. Why is the full moon broken to pieces like a mirror in the last lines of the poem? Answer : Before, it was a qu...

33. Describe the pleasant night when ‘the forest’ departed from the house. Answer : The struggle was going on. The...

34. Why are the trees moving out into the forest? Answer : The poem compares trees to people, saying that just like...

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1. A conflict between man and nature is going on. In this civilization pursuit men are disregarding the natural growth...

2. What message does Adrienne Rich want to convey through the Poem 'The Trees'. Answer : In her poem 'The Trees', po...

3. ‘Departure is painful’. So is the departure of the trees for the poet. What will happen after their departure? Ans...

4. Sometimes moving out of a comfort space is extremely important for maturation and growth. Point out how Wanda Petrons...

5. The poem ‘Trees’ appears to be about trees, environment, deforestation and afforestation. On a deeper level we discov...

6. "The sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement." If you had to use the message of the given quote from N...

7. Trees in forests are disappearing and more plants and trees are appearing in green houses. Give the gist of the poem...

1: (i) Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest. (ii) What picture do these wor...

2: (i) Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves and their twigs do? (ii) What does the poet...

3: (i) How does the poet describes the moon: (a) at the beginning of the third stanza, and (b) at its end? What...

4: Now that you have read the poem in detail, we can begin to ask what the poem might mean. Here are two suggest...