2.1 The Cherry Tree

 

BRAINSTORMING 

2.1 THE CHERRY TREE

      BY RUSKIN BOND

(A1) (i) Find proof from the poem for the following.

(a) The poet has mentioned different seasons.

Answer-Summer:- And suddenly that summer near the end of May.

Monsoon:- Split it apart and a monsoon blight.       

Spring:- Next spring I watched three new shoots grow.

(b) The poet’s minute observations of the steady growth of the cherry tree.

Answer-The steady growth of the cherry tree shown in these following lines.

I found a tree had come to stay.

It was very small, five months child,

Lost in the tall grass running wild.

(c) The colour imagery in the poem.

Answer- Colour imagery in the poem:-

Green growing pain (Dappled green),

blossom small pink,

blue blind sky

(d) The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.

Answer- The struggle of the cherry tree for survival has shown in the following lines-

The young tree struggle, upward thrust

Its arms in a fresh fierce lust

For light and air and sun.

(A1) (ii) State whether the following statements are True or False. Correct the false statements by finding evidence from the poem to support your remark.

(a) The cherry tree did not take long to grow.

Answer- False

The cherry tree took eight years long to grow.

(b) Birds and insects were benefitted from the tree.

Answer-True

(c) The poet was exalted at the sight of the cherry tree.

Answer-True

(d) The poem has an underlying message about the importance of trees.

Answer-True

(e) The poet repents planting the cherry tree.

Answer-False

The poet praised planting the cherry tree.