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The Trees
English · CBSE Class 10 · English Medium · 14 questions and answers
Sample questions
- Q: Who is the poet of 'The Trees'?
- A: Adrienne Rich, an American poet.
- Q: What is happening to the trees in the poem?
- A: The trees are moving out of the house to return to the forest where they belong.
- Q: What does the house symbolise in 'The Trees'?
- A: Confinement, artificiality, and the restrictions placed on nature (and often on women).
- Q: What does the forest symbolise?
- A: Freedom, nature and the trees' rightful, natural home.
- Q: How does the poet describe the trees inside the house?
- A: Their roots work loose, leaves strain toward the glass, and twigs stiffen with effort to escape.
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