Poem 3 Question Answers of Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now, 11 English by AG Ahmad
Questions Answers of Poems (1st Year English)
You
have to attempt any four questions out of twelve questions. (8 Marks)
Poem No. 3
Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now
Q. 1. Write down significance of Easter
among the Christians. (L.B. 2010, GWB. 2009)
Ans. It is a Christians’ holy day celebrated on the first Sunday after
a full moon on or after 21st March. They remember the death of
Christ and his return to life.
Q. 2. Which is the loveliest of trees and
why? (FSB. 2009)
Ans. Cherry is the loveliest of trees because it is covered with white
flowers. It seems that it is wearing white dress to celebrate the arrival of
Easter.
Q. 3. What does the poet call the cherry
tree?
Ans. He calls it loveliest of trees.
Q. 4. What do you understand by 'the
cherry now is hung with bloom along bough?
Ans. It means that the cherry tree is now in full bloom and its branches
are bending down loaded with flowers.
Q. 5. Where does the cherry tree stand?
Ans. It stands along the path in the woods.
Q. 6. What is meant by wearing white for
the Easter tide?
Ans. The poet says that the cherry tree is covered with white flowers.
He says that it is wearing white dress to celebrate the arrival of Easter.
Q. 7. Why does the poet relate white
colour with Easter?
Ans. Easter is a religious festival of Christians and their religious
colour is white. Therefore, the poet says that the cherry tree is dressed in
white to celebrate Easter.
Q. 8. What is the age of the poet?
Ans. The poet is twenty years old.
Q. 9. How many years does the poet say
will not come again in his life?
Ans. The poet says that the early twenty years of his life will not
come again.
Q. 10. How many springs does the poet
think are insufficient to look at things in bloom?
Ans. The poet says that fifty springs are not sufficient to look at
things in bloom.
Q. 11. Why are fifty springs little to see
the cherry trees?
Ans. The poet has great love and admiration for the glorious cherry tree
in spring season. He regrets that the remaining fifty years are not sufficient
to relish the captivating beauty of cherry tree. He also mourns the loss of early
twenty years in which he could not admire the glorious tree.
Q. 12. What are the future plans of the
poet about the cherry tree?
Ans. The poet is determined to go to the wood land more often to enjoy
the glorious cherry tree.
Q. 13. When does the cherry tree become the loveliest
one?
Ans. The cherry becomes the loveliest in the spring season when it is
laden with white flowers.
Q. 14. What does the poet feel when he
looks at the cherry tree?
Ans. He feels that the expected fifty years are a very short period of
time to enjoy the bloom of the tree.
Q. 15. What is meant by the word snow in
the line, “To see the cherry hung with snow”?
Ans. Snow means the white flowers of the cherry tree in the poem.
Q. 16. What is the theme of the poem?
Ans. The poem is written in praise of the cherry tree. The poet
regrets that his life is too short to enjoy the beauty of the tree because he
loves to see it all the time. The poem shows his extreme love for nature.
Q. 17. What does the poet depict in
Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now”? (LB. 2010)
Ans. The poet depicts his deep love for nature in general and for the
cherry tree in particular. The poet emphasizes that the beauty of cherry is a
treat to watch. He calls it the Loveliest of trees. It is all covered with
white flowers. In the poet's opinion cherry tree is wearing white dress to
celebrate Easter. He says that he has lost the early twenty springs of his life
and he will never be able to enjoy them again. Though, he claims that he will
appreciate the beauty of the loveliest of trees in remaining fifty springs
(expected) yet he finds this period very short and insufficient for this
purpose.
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