The Trees
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Thinking about the poem
āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻিāύ্āϤা āĻā§°ি
1. (i) Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest.
ā§§) (i) āĻāĻāĻŦিāĻšীāύ āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϤ āĻš’āĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°া āϤিāύিāĻা āĻāĻĨা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻāϤ āĻŦিāĻাā§°āĻ।
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(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'?
(ii) āĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŽāύāϤ āĻি āĻāĻŦি āϏৃāώ্āĻি āĻā§°ে: "... āϏূā§°্āϝ্āϝāĻ āύিāĻā§° āĻā§°ি āĻাঁāϤ āĻĒুāϤি āĻĒেāϞাāϝ়..."? āϏূā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ ‘āĻā§°ি’ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ?
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2. (i) Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves, and their twigs do?
⧍/ (i) āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻ’āϤ āĻāĻে? āĻāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻļিāĻĒা, āĻĒাāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻĄাāϞāĻŦোā§°ে āĻি āĻā§°ে?
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(ii) What does the poet compare their branches to?
(ii) āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻļাāĻাāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻিāĻšā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°িāĻে?
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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?
ā§Š) (i) āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻāύ্āĻĻ্ā§°āĻ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻŦā§°্āĻŖāύা āĻā§°িāĻে: (āĻ) āϤৃāϤীāϝ় āϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāĻā§° āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻāĻŖিāϤে, āĻā§°ু (āĻ) āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻļেāώāϤ? āĻিāĻšā§° āĻাā§°āĻŖে āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ?
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(ii) What happens to the house when the trees move out of it?
(ii) āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°āϞৈ āĻুāĻি āĻ’āϞে āĻā§°āĻোā§° āĻি āĻšāϝ়?
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(iii) Why do you think the poet does not mention "the departure of the forest from the house" in her letters? (Could it be that we are often silent about important happenings that are so unexpected that they embarrass us? Think about this again when you answer the next set of questions.)
(iii) āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻিāĻ িāĻŦোā§°āϤ "āĻā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āĻĨাāύ"ā§° āĻāĻĨা āĻিāϝ় āĻāϞ্āϞেāĻ āĻā§°া āύাāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦে? (āĻāĻāĻো āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°েāύে āϝে āĻāĻŽি āĻĒ্ā§°াāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽাāύেāĻ āĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤ্āϝাāĻļিāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĨāĻা āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒā§°িāĻāĻāύাāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āύিāĻŽাāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻোঁ āϝে āĻ āĻāĻŽাāĻ āϞāĻ্āĻিāϤ āĻā§°ে? āĻĒā§°ā§ąā§°্āϤী āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϞে āĻāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻৌ āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻাāĻŦি āĻাāĻāĻ।)
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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?
ā§Ē/ āĻāϤিāϝ়া āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻŦিāϤংāĻাā§ąে āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻে, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻি āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻŦুāϞি āϏুāϧিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻā§°āĻŽ্āĻ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ো। āĻāϝ়াāϤ āĻĻুāĻা āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻĨা āĻাāĻŦিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°েāύে?
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(i) Does the poem present a conflict between man and nature? Compare it used for 'interior decoration' in cities while forests are cut down, are 'imprisoned', and need to 'break out'?
(āĻ) āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোāϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻā§°ু āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤিā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āϏংāĻাāϤ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨাāĻĒāύ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻেāύে? āĻāĻšā§°āĻŦোā§°āϤ ‘āĻ āĻ্āϝāύ্āϤ⧰ীāĻŖ āϏāĻ্āĻা’ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°āĻ, āĻāύāĻšাāϤে āĻŦāύাāĻ্āĻāϞāĻŦোā§° āĻাāĻি āĻĒেāϞোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻে, ‘āĻŦāύ্āĻĻী’ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে, āĻā§°ু ‘āĻŦ্ā§°েāĻ āĻāĻāĻ’ āĻā§°াā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύ āĻāĻে?
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(ii) On the other hand , Adrienne Rich has been know to use trees as a metaphor of human beings; this is a recurrent image in her poetry. What new meanings emerge from the poem if you take its trees to be symbolic of this particular meaning?
(ii) āĻāύāĻšাāϤে , āĻāĻĄ্ā§°িāύে ā§°িāĻে āĻāĻāĻ āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āĻāĻĒāĻŽা āĻšিāĻাāĻĒে āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°া āĻŦুāϞি āĻāύা āĻৈāĻে; āĻāĻāĻো āϤাāĻā§° āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϤ āĻĒুāύ⧰াāĻŦৃāϤ্āϤিāĻŽূāϞāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻ্āĻāĻŦি। āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻāĻāĻŦোā§°āĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϤীāĻ āĻŦুāϞি āϧ⧰িāϞে āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻি āĻি āύāϤুāύ āĻ ā§°্āĻĨ āĻāϞাāĻ āĻāĻšে?
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5. You may read the poem 'Oh killing a Tree' by Given Patel (Beehive- Textbook in English for class ix, NCERT). Compare and contrast it with the poem you have just read.
5. āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻিāĻāύ āĻĒেāĻেāϞ⧰ 'āĻāĻš āĻিāϞিং āĻ āĻ্ā§°ি' āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻো āĻĒāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে (āĻ¨ā§ąāĻŽ āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻংā§°াāĻীāϤ āĻŽৌāĻাāĻ- āĻĒাāĻ ্āϝāĻĒুāĻĨি, āĻāύāĻিāĻāĻā§°āĻি)। āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻĒāĻĸ়া āĻāĻŦিāϤাāĻোā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāϝ়াāĻ āϤুāϞāύা āĻā§°āĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦিāĻĒā§°ীāϤ āĻā§°āĻ।
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