Sample QuestionsPOEM - 8 - On Killing a Tree questions
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What finally kills the tree?
What does the poet mean by ‘the strength of the tree exposed’?
What is the meaning of ‘anchoring earth’ and ‘earth cave’?
The poet says ‘No’ in the beginning of the third stanza. What does he mean by this?
What is the meaning of ‘bleeding bark’? What makes it bleed?
Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ When is the process narrated in this stanza take place$ ?$
$Q.2$. How does a tree die ? or How is a tree killed $?$
View full solution →No, The root is to be pulled out
Out of the anchoring earth;
It is to be roped, tied,
And pulled out-snapped out
Or pulled out entirely,
Out from the earth-cave,
And the strength of the tree exposed
The source, white and wet,
The most sensitive, hidden
For years inside the earth.
Questions:$Q.1.$ Explain ‘anchoring earth’. $?$
$Q.2.$ Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the line: ‘And pulled out-snapped out’.$ ?$
View full solution →So hack and chop
But this alone won’t do it.
Not so much pain will do it.
The bleeding bark will heal
And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs,
Miniature boughs
Which if unchecked will expand again To former size.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ What will be ineffective in killing a tree $?$
$Q.2.$ What will happen even if the tree is cut $?$
View full solution →It takes much time to kill a tree, Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it. It has grown Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing Years of sunlight, air, water, And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves.
Questions :$Q.1.$ What is not easy, according to the poet$?$
$Q.2$. What has made the tree firmly rooted$?$
View full solution →Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ Explain the figure of speech in the last line.
$Q.2.$ What do the sun and air do to the roots$ ?$
View full solution →Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ When is the process narrated in this stanza take place?
$Q.2.$ How does a tree die ? or How is a tree killed?
$Q.3.$ Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the lines : ?
Browning, hardening, Twisting, withering.
View full solution →No, The root is to be pulled out
Out of the anchoring earth;
It is to be roped, tied,
And pulled out-snapped out
Or pulled out entirely,
Out from the earth-cave,
And the strength of the tree exposed
The source, white and wet,
The most sensitive, hidden
For years inside the earth.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ Explain ‘anchoring earth’. ?
$Q.2.$ Identify and explain the Figure of Speech in the line: ‘And pulled out-snapped out’. ?
$Q.3.$ How is the strength of the tree exposed ?
View full solution →So hack and chop
But this alone won’t do it.
Not so much pain will do it.
The bleeding bark will heal
And from close to the ground
Will rise curled green twigs,
Miniature boughs
Which if unchecked will expand again To former size.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ What will be ineffective in killing a tree ?
$Q.2.$ What will happen even if the tree is cut ?
$Q.3.$ When will miniature boughs expand again ?
View full solution →It takes much time to kill a tree, Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it. It has grown Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing Years of sunlight, air, water, And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ What is not easy, according to the poet?
$Q.2.$ What has made the tree firmly rooted. ?
$Q.3.$ The words ‘leprous hide’ stands for :
$(a)$ firm roots
$(b)$ damaged with leprosy
$(c)$ discoloured bark
View full solution →$(1)$ ‘Then the matter of scorching and choking… $(2)$ ‘Browning, hardening, Twisting, withering’…
Answer: D.
View full solution →‘The source, white and wet’.
Answer: B.
View full solution →Answer: A.
View full solution →‘And pulled out-snapped out’.
Answer: D.
View full solution →‘The bleeding bark will heal’.
Answer: D.
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