CLASS 9
ON KILLING A TREE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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And from close to the ground Will rise curled green twigs,
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The most sensitive, hidden For years inside the earth.
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Miniature boughs Which if unchecked will expand again To former size.
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Out from the earth-cave, And the strength of the tree exposed
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Which, if unchecked, will expand again to former size”. What will expand to its former size? Answer: The poet says that chopping of a tree does not kill it.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Miniature boughs are new branches which sprout where the tree was hacked or chopped. If they are left unchecked, they expand and become a huge tree. The chopped tree grows back to its former size.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ans: ‘Unchecked’ here means left free to grow without any harm or danger. If left ‘unchecked’, the new, green, delicate branches from the stump of a tree will expand and regain their original size.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ans. If the tree is hacked and chopped and left as such with the root of the tree neither dugout nor injured, the root will continue to provide nourishment to the stump of the tree. This stump will then be covered with tender twigs that will sprout out of its surface.