Tree -By Tina Morris.

 

Tree                 

                                                                          -By Tina Morris.

 

They did not tell us

What it would be like

Without trees.

Nobody imagined

That the whispering of leaves

Would grow silent

Or the vibrant jade of spring

Pale to grey death.

And now we pile

Rubbish on rubbish

In the dusty landscape

Struggling to create a tree.

But though the shape is right

And the nailed branches

Lean upon the wind

And plastic leaves

Lend colour to the twigs.

We wait in vain

For the slow unfurling of buds.

And no amount of loving

Can stir our weary tree

To singing.

 

Summary: The poem Tree by Tina Morris deals with the importance of trees. The poet shares her anguish if there is no tree, no charm and life will be experienced. She shows her debt to trees. No life, in general, can be experienced without trees. We will be unable to hear the whispering of leaves if they get dry. The poet tries to recreate a tree with paint and brush or with plastic materials but in vain. She is unable to realize the freshness of trees through artificial efforts. Collecting paints and brush or plastic materials to paint or make a tree are all like waste material. At last, she tells that an artificial tree is no match to a real one.

 

CENTRAL IDEA:- This poem focuses mainly on the usefulness of trees on human life and on nature. A tree is an intrinsic part of nature that nourishes and revives the human life on earth. The poem goes on to stress that without the existence of trees we will lead a colorless life

 

 

 QUESTIONS:-

1.How do you compare the tree 'in poet's imagination with the natural tree? 

Ans.  The 'tree' in the poet's imagination is artificial and non-living as compared to the natural and living tree.  The leaves of the artificial tree can not whisper with the blow ofthe wind.  They look pale and gray whereas the natural tree is always vibrant and full of color in spring.  The artificial tree can not unfurl the buds nor can sing as compared to the natural tree, which is full of life and can feel the love of the humans. 

 

 2. What is the message of the poem in respeet of nature's conservation? 

Ans. The tree 'gives the message of the importance oftrees, tuood The poem makes us think what the world would be without trees. We can not imagine a life without  trees. We owe a debt to trees. We must conserve nature by saving trees. We must not cut them for our selfish ends. We must realize that if there are no trees there cannot be life on earth. Even we cannot survive without trees.

 

Q.  Answer the following questions in one or two sentences each.  

   1.What will be the result if the trees are not taken care of?  

  Ans.  If the trees are not taken care of the trees would die and the world spare would become a dusty landscape.  

2.What does the poet mean by whispering of leaves would go silent ?  

Ans.  By the line 'whispering of leaves would go silent', the poet means if there were no trees, we would not hear the sound of the leaves.  

 

3.What does the poet mean by pilling rubbish on rubbish?  

Ans.  The artificial things used by the artist for creating a tree one after the other is what the poet means by piling rubbish on rubbish.

 

4.How does the tree created by man look like?  

Ans.  The tree created by man looks artificial without any life in it.  

 

 5.Why do you think the tree is not stirred despite all efforts?  

Ans.  The tree is not stirred despite all efforts because it can not feel the love of humans.  

6.How does trees sing?

Ans.  When the breeze blows & passes through the leaves they make a rustling sound and it appears an though the trees are singing.

 

7.Explain the word 'weary' in the last stanza of the poem?  

Ans.  The word weary 'in the last stanza of the poem means' tired.  The artificial tree created by man looks tired and fatigued.

                                                                                            **exercised by Vikram Mishra