P-7. The Trees ENGLISH [NCERT] - P-7. The Trees

My head is full of whispers
which tomorrow will be silent.
Listen. The glass is breaking.
The trees are stumbling forward
into the night. Winds rush to meet them.
The moon is broken like a mirror, its pieces flash now in the crown
of the tallest oak.
Q.1. What does the breaking of the glass symbolize in the poem?
(A) Arrival of rain
(B) Escape of the trees from confinement
(C) Destruction of the forest
(D) Sudden thunderstorm
Q.2. What is the moon compared to in the stanza?
(A) A glowing pearl
(B) A shattered plate
(C) A broken mirror
(D) A golden coin

I sit inside, doors open to the veranda
writing long let letters
in which I scarcely mention the departure
of the forest from the house.
The night is fresh, the whole moon shines
in a sky still open
the smell of leaves and lichen
still reaches like a voice into the rooms.
Q.1. What is the speaker doing in this stanza?
(A) Sleeping peacefully
(B) Writing long letters inside the house
(C) Planting trees on the veranda
(D) Watching the trees from the window
Q.2. What natural element is compared to a voice in the room?
(A) The moonlight
(B) The night breeze
(C) The smell of leaves and lichen
(D) The rustling trees

All night the roots work
to disengage themselves from the cracks
in the veranda floor.
The leaves strain toward the glass
small twigs stiff with exertion
long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof  
like newly discharged patients
half-dazed, moving
to the clinic doors.
Q.1. What are the roots trying to do all night?
(A) Grow deeper into the ground
(B) Spread across the floor
(C) Disengage from the cracks in the veranda floor
(D) Hide under the roof
Q.2. How are the boughs described as they move?
(A) Like wild animals
(B) Like prisoners escaping
(C) Like newly discharged patients
(D) Like soldiers marching

The trees inside are moving out into the forest,
the forest that was empty all these days
where no bird could sit
no insect hide
no sun bury its feet in shadow
the forest that was empty all these nights
will be full of trees by morning.
Q.1. Where are the trees moving, according to the poet?
(A) Into the garden
(B) Into the forest
(C) Into the city
(D) Into the house
Q.2. What does the poet say about the forest during the nights?
(A) It is full of animals
(B) It is dark and mysterious
(C) It has been empty
(D) It is full of noise

What literary device is used in “I sit inside, doors open to the veranda”?

What is meant by “silent night” in the poem?

What action is described as happening slowly?

What does the poet hear during the night?

What time of day is described in the poem?

Why does the poet compare the trees with ‘patients’ ?

What is the central theme of the poem ‘The Trees’?

‘The forest that was empty’- What would happen if the forest remains empty?

‘All night the roots work’. How do the roots work?

Why is the poetess hopeful that the empty forest will be full of trees by the morning?