The Laburnum Top
Find out
1. What laburnum is called in your language.
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2. Which local bird is like the goldfinch.
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Think it out
1. What do you notice about the beginning and the ending of the
poem?
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2. To what is the bird’s movement compared? What is the basis for
the comparison?
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3. Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet?
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4. What do you like most about the poem?
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5. What does the phrase “her barred face identity mask” mean?
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Note down
1. the sound words
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2. the movement words
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3. the dominant colour in the poem.
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List the following
1. Words which describe ‘sleek’, ‘alert’ and ‘abrupt’.
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2. Words with the sound ‘ch’ as in ‘chart’ and ‘tr’ as in ‘trembles’ in
the poem.
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3. Other sounds that occur frequently in the poem.
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Thinking about language
Look for some other poem on a bird or a tree in English or any other
language.
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Try this out
Write four lines in verse form on any tree that you see around you.
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