Q.1. Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest?
Q.2. How does the poet describe the moon : (i) at the beginning of the third stanza, and (ii) at its end ? What causes this change ?
Q.3. Why do you think the poet does not mention “the departure of the forest from the house” in her letters? (Could it be that we are often silent about important happenings that are so unexpected that they embarrass us? Think about this again when you answer the next set of questions.)?
Q.4. On the other hand, Adrienne Rich has been known to use trees as a metaphor for human beings;this is a recurrent image in her poetry. What new meanings emerge from the poem if you take its trees to be symbolic of this particular meaning?
Q.5. How does Patol Babu reconcile to the dialogue given to him?
Q.6. Why does Patol Babu walk away before he could be paid for his role? What does this reveal about his character?
Q.7. Do you agree with the statement that Patol Babu is a practical man who comes to terms with whatever life has to offer?
Q.8. What picture do these words create in your mind: “… sun bury its feet in shadow…”? What could the poet mean by the sun’s ‘feet?’
Q.9. What does the poet compare their branches to?
Q.10. Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves, and their twigs do?
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