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Ans. (d)
Explanation:
Shadows cannot be cast without trees.
Ans. (d)
Explanation:
Poet is writing long letters with the verandah door open.
Explanation:
In the poem ‘Trees’, the trees are inside the house. The roots work to disengage themselves from the cracks in the veranda floor. While the tree grows, its leaves strain towards the glass. The small twigs and boughs try to move to the doors while they grow.
Explanation:
The poet has compared the smell of leaves and lichens to the voices that are reaching the rooms. The smell travels to the rooms of the house like voices carrying over.
Explanation:
‘The Trees’ can be associated with various symbolisms that the poet may have had in mind. It may mean grown up children moving out to set up their own independent dwellings away from their parents’ home. Basically it enumerates on freedom, mostly from suppression of any kind, particularly the oppression of women. The poet being a feminist had the oppression of women in mind.
Chapter No. | Chapter Name |
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Prose | |
Chapter 1 | A Letter to God |
Chapter 2 | Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom |
Chapter 3 | Two Stories about Flying |
Chapter 4 | From The Diary of Anne Frank |
Chapter 5 | Glimpses of India |
Chapter 6 | Mijbil the Otter |
Chapter 7 | Madam Rides the Bus |
Chapter 8 | The Sermon at Benares |
Chapter 9 | The Proposal (Play) |
Poems | |
Chapter 1 | Dust of Snow |
Chapter 2 | Fire and Ice |
Chapter 3 | A Tiger in the Zoo |
Chapter 4 | How to Tell Wild Animals |
Chapter 5 | The Ball Poem |
Chapter 6 | Amanda |
Chapter 7 | The Tree |
Chapter 8 | Fog |
Chapter 9 | The Tale of Custard the Dragon |
Chapter 10 | For Anne Gregory |
Footprints without Feet | |
Chapter 1 | A Triumph of Surgery |
Chapter 2 | The Thief’s Story |
Chapter 3 | The Midnight Visitor |
Chapter 4 | A Question of Trust |
Chapter 5 | Footprints Without Feet |
Chapter 6 | The Making of a Scientist |
Chapter 7 | The Necklace |
Chapter 8 | Bholi |
Chapter 9 | The Book that Saved the Earth |
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