Felling of the Banyan Tree
UNDERSTANDING THE POEM
1. Identify the lines that reveal the critical tone of the poet towards
the felling of the tree.
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2. Identify the words that help you understand the nature of the
poet’s father.
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3. ‘Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say’— what does
the poet imply by this line?
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4. ‘No trees except the one which grows and seethes in one’s
dreams’— why is the phrase ‘grows and seethes’ used?
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5. How does the banyan tree stand out as different from other
trees? What details of the tree does the poet highlight in the
poem?
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6. What does the reference to raw mythology imply?
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7. ‘Whose roots lay deeper than our lives’— what aspect of human
behavior does this line reflect?
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8. Comment on the contemporary concern that the poem echoes.
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1. Most of us have had this experience of seeing trees in our
neighbourhood being mercilessly cut down in order to build a
house or a public building or to widen a road. Describe any
such experience you have had of the felling of a tree you were
attached to, with reasons for your special attachment to the
tree.
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2. Find out the equivalents for sheoga, oudumber and neem in your
language and English and the equivalent of banyan in your
language.
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3. The adjective ‘scraggy’ is used to describe ‘roots’ in the poem.
Find out two other items which could be described as ‘scraggy’:
scraggy…………….
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4. Use the following adjectives to describe suitable items
raw aerial sacred
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