The Trees Question Answer Chapter 7 Solved PDF

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Thinking about the Poem

1. (i) Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest.

Answer:

1. The leaves cannot move towards the glass.
2. The small twigs cannot move under the moon.
3. The roots cannot disengage themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor.

(ii) What picture do these words create in your mind: "… sun bury its feet in shadow…"? What could the poet mean by the sun's 'feet'?

Answer: The expression creates a picture of the setting sun whose light gradually disappears into the shadows. The poet uses "feet" to refer to the lower rays or lower part of the sunlight.

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

Answer: The trees are inside the house, in the rooms. Their roots work to free themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor. Their leaves move towards the glass, and their twigs make efforts to move through the glass towards the outside.

(ii) What does the poet compare their branches to?

Answer: The poet compares the branches to newly discharged patients who are moving towards the clinic doors. The comparison shows that the branches are struggling to move out of the house and regain their freedom.

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

Answer: At the beginning of the third stanza, the moon is described as full and shining brightly in the open sky. At the end, the moon appears broken like a mirror, with its pieces flashing in the crown of the tallest oak. The movement of the trees into the night causes this change in the way the moon is seen.

(ii) What happens to the house when the trees move out of it?

Answer: When the trees move out, the glass windows break and the house becomes empty of the trees. The forest moves towards the outside, leaving the house behind.

(iii) Why do you think the poet does not mention "the departure of the forest from the house" in her letters?

Answer: The poet may not mention it because the departure of the forest is an unusual and unexpected event. She may feel that such an important happening is difficult to explain or may seem embarrassing or unbelievable. The silence about it also makes the event more mysterious.

4. Now that you have read the poem in detail, we can begin to ask what the poem might mean. Here are two suggestions. Can you think of others?

5. Compare and contrast with the poem 'On Killing a Tree' by Gieve Patel.

Answer: Both poems deal with trees and their relationship with human beings, but they present different situations. In The Trees, the trees are shown as trying to escape from the house and return to their natural environment. The poem presents their movement as a struggle for freedom. In On Killing a Tree, the focus is on the difficulty of destroying a tree completely. The tree continues to live through its roots even after being cut. Thus, The Trees focuses on the trees' desire to escape, while On Killing a Tree focuses on the strength and resilience of a tree.

Homophones

The textbook specifically gives these three sentences as the homophones exercise.

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