Brainstorming
(A1) (i) Find proof from the poem for the following.
(a) The poet has mentioned different seasons.
Answer-Summer:- And suddenly that summer near the end of May.
Monsoon:- Split it apart and a monsoon blight.
Spring:- Next spring I watched three new shoots grow.
(b) The poet’s minute observations of the steady growth of the cherry tree.
Answer-The steady growth of the cherry tree shown in these following lines.
I found a tree had come to stay.
It was very small, five months child,
Lost in the tall grass running wild.
(c) The colour imagery in the poem.
Answer- Colour imagery in the poem:-
Green growing pain (Dappled green),
blossom small pink,
blue blind sky
(d) The struggle of the cherry tree for survival.
Answer- The struggle of the cherry tree for survival has shown in the following lines-
The young tree struggle, upward thrust
Its arms in a fresh fierce lust
For light and air and sun.
(A1) (ii) State whether the following statements are True or False. Correct the false statements by finding evidence from the poem to support your remark.
(a) The cherry tree did not take long to grow.
Answer- False
The cherry tree took eight years long to grow.
(b) Birds and insects were benefitted from the tree.
Answer-True
(c) The poet was exalted at the sight of the cherry tree.
Answer-True
(d) The poem has an underlying message about the importance of trees.
Answer-True
(e) The poet repents planting the cherry tree.
Answer-False
The poet praised planting the cherry tree.
(A2) (i) Discuss in groups, reasons/ consequences/ effects:
(a) The life of the cherry tree was threatened.
Answer- The life of the cherry tree was threatened because of goats grazing, grass cutters and monsoon. The cherry tree has no leaves and stem. It gets dried. But as the spring arrives, new shoots grow. The young tree struggles for light, air and sun.
(b) The cherry blossomed.
Answer- Initially the cherry tree bore just one berry. It was not so good. But the next year the tree was blossomed. The poet, bees, moon - moths and crickets were much excited. They became the beneficiary of it.
(ii) A small thought, put in action, led to a great achievement. Pick out the lines from the beginning and end of the poem and explain their significance.
Line- Eight years have passed since I placed my cherry seed in the grass.
This is the normal work that the poet did.
Line- It was very small, five months child.
The tree survived and showed growth struggling in the adverse situations.
Line- Next spring I watched three new shots grow.
The progress of the tree continues
Line- But richer by a cherry tree at my door.
Glorifies the importance of the tree considering himself rich due to tree.
Line- That small, the cherry, grown by me.
Great achievement as the tree survived and stayed.
(A3) The cherry tree has inspired the poet to compose the poem. Such poems, describing Nature or aspects of Nature are called ‘Nature poems’. Find out some expressions from the poem that bring out the elements of beauty of Nature.
Answer- In the poem the following references show the elements of beauty of Nature-
1) Next spring I watched three new shoots grow.
2) Made a miracle from green growing pain.
3) But richer by a cherry tree at my door
4) Ripened and jeweled in the sun.
5) And next year there were blossoms small pink, fragile, quick to fall.
6) While bees in an ecstasy drank --------in the sky.
(A4) (i) Read the line.
Pink, fragile, quick to fall
Notice the arrangement of the words in the line:
They move from healthy to delicate
This figure of speech is called Climax where successive words, phrases, sentences are arranged in ascending order of importance. Here, the cherry blossom turns pink, ripens and is ready to be picked.
(ii) Find out examples from the poem.
Alliteration :
1. Its arms in a fresh fierce lust. : A consonantal sound 'f' is repeated pleasingly.
2. Made a miracle from green growing pain. : A consonantal sound 'g' is repeated rhythmically.
Antithesis :
1. but cherries have a way of growing,
Though no one's caring very much or knowing. : Opposite idea of growing without caring is seen in the line.
Personification :
1. A Tree had come to stay : A tree has attributed human quality of coming and staying.
2. Its arms in a fresh fierce lust : A tree is described as having arms like human beings.
(A5) (i) Cherry tree is a narrative poem. Features that make it a narrative poem are given below. Justify them with proper examples.
Answer-
a) The poem has a beginning, a middle and an end - It begins with a planting of a cherry seed. It survives overcoming adversities and at the end blossoms.
b) Different places are mentioned- The poet’s residence and Kashmir.
c) Characters are referred to - The poet, grass cutters, bees, cricket and moon moths are the characters referred to in the poem.
d) Incidents are arranged in sequence- The activities and growth of the tree are given in a sequence.
e) There is a dialogue between the poet and the reader or the characters of the poem.- “ Must have a tree of my own,” I said.
I found a tree that had come to stay.
Next spring I watched three new shoots grow.
Yes, I! – praised Night and Stars and tree:
f) It is a time-bound poem. It deals with a particular time of the year and showed different changes in atmosphere and the tree.
(ii) Compose 8 to 10 line. Narrate any incident in your life without using any rhyming pattern.
Answer:-
I decided to plant a tree.
But it was not easy to do it.
I didn’t have a place to plant.
I was lining in a flat.
It had no courtyard.
So I bought plastic trees.
They had no need to give water and soil
But it also didn’t have any life and growth.
(iii) Write an appreciation of the poem considering the following points.
ØAbout the poem, poet and title.
The poem deals with the poet’s feeling of great joy over a tree which he planted and took eight years to grow.
The poet Ruskin Bond belongs to India. He considered himself richer having a cherry tree at his door. He felt proud for planting his own tree.
Title of the poem is related to the central character i.e. cherry tree whose journey from planting to upward growth to blossomed tree is given.
ØTheme / Summary/ Gist of the poem.
It has the theme of struggle, resilience, dedication, conflict, growth, responsibility and pride.
The poem depicts a small of action of planting a cherry tree which led to a great achievement giving benefit to bees, moon-moths, cricket and the poet.
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