Poem =Cherry Tree
Al. Match the nouns in column 'A' with their activities in column 'B'.
1) Bees a) sinks swiftly
2) The sun b) turn in the sky
3) Crickets c) drinks ecstatically
4) Stars d) sing
A2. Poetic Device :
Pick out the example of 'personification' from the poem and explain.
A3. Personal Response
Explain why we should plant as many trees as possible. Give your opinion.
A4. Poetic creativity :Compose your own line to rhyme with the given line.
And the stars turned in the sky.—
A1) Choose the two correct sentences from the following.
(1) The poet felt very happy to see the tree.
2)The poet talks about importance of planting a tree.
3) The poet praised the night, stars and the tree.
4) The poet repents planting a tree.
A2) Poetic Device:
'Swiftly and the stars turned in the sky."
(Name and explain the figure of speech of the above line )
A3) Personal Response:
Write down the message you get from the poem.
A4) Poetic Creativity.
Compose a short poem on a 'Tree' in four lines with rhyming words.
Cherry Tree
Eight years have passed
Since I placed my cherry seed in the grass.
“Must have a tree of my own,” I said,
And watered it once and went to bed
And forgot; but cherries have a way of growing,
Though no one's caring very much or knowing.
And suddenly that summer near the end of May,
I found a tree had come to stay.
It was very small, five months child,
Lost in the tall grass running wild.
Goats ate the leaves, the grass cutter scythe
Split it apart and a monsoon blight
Shrivelled the slender stem...... Even so,
Next spring I watched three new shoots grow,
The young tree struggle, upward thrust
Its arms in a fresh fierce lust
For light and air and sun.
I could only wait, as one
Who watched, wandering, while Time and the rain
Made a miracle from green growing pain.....
Activities
A1. True or False:
State whether the following statements are ‘True’ or ‘False’:
(i) The cherry tree was planted by the poet himself.
(ii) Birds and insects were benefitted from the tree.
(iii) The poet saw a cherry plant growing in the grass in the month of May.
(iv) The cherry tree took long time to grow.
A2. Describe:
Describe the struggle of the cherry tree during its growth.
A3. Personal Response:
Write down any 4 benefits that the humans get from the trees:
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A2. Poetic Devices:
Identify and write the lines from the poem which express the following figures of
(i) Personification ………………………………………………………
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(ii) Alliteration
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A5. Poetic Creation:
Write 2 rhyming lines of your own, on appreciation of the tree.
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