CLASS 10
THE TREES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Leaves are growing
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Leaves are more violent in the wind
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the third stanza, Larkin reflects that, despite this fact that the trees are as mortal as we are, the trees – described grandly as ‘unresting castles’ – go on, their leaves growing back full each year.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Trees is one of Larkin’s most famous and best-loved poems. In it, the poet equates the renewal of the seasons with death and pain: “Their greenness is a kind of grief”, he writes. But while it is regularly called one of the greatest poems about Spring, Larkin’s own feelings about The Trees were more ambivalent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Simile. The speaker uses a simile to compare the newly budding trees to “something almost being said"-they’re like a word on the tip of the tongue. This suggests that the leaves haven’t yet fully budded, infusing the poem’s opening with a sense of anticipation.
Detailed explanation-4: -"The Trees, ” by Adrienne Rich, is a short symbolic poem focusing on the movement of trees that are initially indoors but seeking to escape to freedom in the forest. The trees represent nature but also the nature of being-womanhood in particular. What makes this poem unusual is the speaker’s attitude towards the trees.