LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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Their running appearance and to show fast moving of change of human life
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To show their running appearance
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To tell how trees look from a running car
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To show the speed of the car
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Detailed explanation-1: -The sprinting of the trees symbolises the rapidly passing years of human’s life from childhood to old age. This image, which shows activity and strength, is contrasted with that of her old and weak mother who seems dormant, sleeping in the car.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why are the young trees described as ‘sprinting’? Answer: While driving to the Cochin airport, she observes outside the young trees which seemed to be walking across them. They seem to be sprinting or running fast with the speed of the car.
Detailed explanation-3: -How can the trees sprint? Answer: The car was moving when the poet looked out so the trees appeared to be running in the opposite direction. Thus, the trees have been described as ‘sprinting’.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The young trees are ‘sprinting’ that is rushing past the poet as she is travelling in a very fast-moving car. While travelling in a speeding vehicle, the objects outside appear to be rushing past us in the opposite direction.
Detailed explanation-5: -The poetic device used in ‘Trees sprinting’ is Personification.