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Class 11 English Poetry Chapter 2 The Laburnum Top
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The Laburnum Top
Chapter: 2
TEXTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FIND OUT
1. What laburnum is called in your language ?
Ans. (Students will try to find it out in their own language.)
2. Which local bird is like the goldfinch ?
Ans. The Indian finch is the sparrow, but without the golden yellow stripes.
THINK IT OUT
1. What do you notice about the beginning and the ending of the poem ?
Ans. The first line of the poem is, “The laburnum top is silent, and the last line is, “And the laburnum subsides to empty”. In the beginning the tree has lost all its leaves and the seeds are on the ground. The poet gives two contrasting scenarios while describing the tree. First was that it was death-like and then it gains life after the bird lands on it.
2. To what is the bird’s movement compared ? What is the basis for the comparison?
Ans. The bird’s movement is compared to that of a lizard. The same kinds of movements are observed when the goldfinch arrives on the laburnum tree.
3. Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet ?
Ans. The poet feels that the goldfinch bird and the tree are the engines of her family. When she brings food for the little birdies, she moves to the end of the other branch. He describes the bird’s appearance. It has a striped face which is dark in colour.
4. What do you like most about the poem?
Ans. I like the simplicity and pictorial presentation of the poem. The comparison between birds movement with machines and Lizards was made in a nice way. Also chirruping & trilling of goldfinch. The way the writer describes the wildlife, trees, birds and animals and their influence on human life is quite impressive.
5. What does the phrase “her barred face identity mask” mean?
Ans. It means the striped face that masks her identity in the midst of leaves and branches. It likes the bird’s barred or covered face acting as an identity mask.
NOTE DOWN
1. the sound words.
2. the movement words.
3. the dominant colour in the poem.
Ans. 1. the sound words : silent, chirrup, chitterlings, trillions, whistle, whisperings
2. the movement words : still, fallen, comes, suddenness, startlement, abrupt, enters, starts, up, tremor, trembles, stokes, flirts out, launches away.
3. the dominant colour in the poem : yellow.
LIST THE FOLLOWING
1. Words which describe ‘sleek’, ‘alert’ and ‘abrupt’.
Ans. The words which describe ‘sleek’, ‘alert’ and ‘abrupt’ are ‘suddenness’ and ‘startlement’.
2. Words with the sound ‘ch’ as in ‘chart’ and ‘tr” as in ‘trembles’ in the poem.
Ans. The words with the sound ‘ch’ as in ‘chart” are: goldfinch, twitching, chirrup, branch, chitterlings, launches. The words with the sound ‘tr’ as in ‘trembles are: tremor, trillings, tree.
3. Other sounds that occur frequently in the poem.
Ans. The ‘t’ sound as in silent, quiet, alert, flirt. The ‘s’ sound as in silent, still, subsides, seeds, etc.
THINKING ABOUT LANGUAGE
Look for some other poem on a bird or a tree in English or any other language.
Ans. Students will do themselves.
TRY THIS OUT
Write four lines in verse form on any tree that you see around you.
Ans. Students will do themselves.
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. Which local bird is like the goldfinch?
Ans:- Lutino Indian Ringneck, a singing bird with yellow feathers, is like the goldfinch.
2. How does the Laburnum appear on the September afternoon?
Ans:- The laburnum tree looks yellow in colour due to the drying up of leaves. In the September afternoon tree leaves were sunning due to sunlight.
3. How is the tree transformed during the bird’s visit?
Ans:- The death-like scene of the tree comes to an end when a goldfinch bird perches on it. The tree makes a sudden chirrup sound upon the bird’s arrival. When she starts moving towards the thickness of the branch, the nestlings start chirping and flapping their wings. Thus, due to this movement, the tree also starts shaking and thrilling. The bird’s body is yellow and thus blends in with the yellow leaves of the tree. Finally, after reaching the branch end, she makes a rather sweet chirping sound.
4. How does the poet depict the season in the tree?
Ans:- Due to the autumn season, the tree has lost all its leaves and the seeds are on the ground. Most noteworthy, the poet uses ‘yellow’ to describe both the leaves’ colour and the sunlight. Over here, yellow represents silence, death and beauty. Thus, he uses this colour and describes the whole setting perfectly.
5. Describe the relationship between the goldfinch and the Laburnum tree?
Ans:- The death-like scene of the tree comes to an end when a goldfinch bird perches on it. When she starts moving towards the thickness of the branch, the nestlings start chirping and flapping their wings. First was that it was death-like and then it gains life after the bird lands on it. The poet describes that the goldfinch bird and the tree are the engines of her family. When she brings food for the little birdies, she moves to the end of the other branch.
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