Q.2. Answerthe giveri questions in one hundred words each:
1.Write the summary of the poem tree '.
Ans.This poem emphasizes the importance of trees. The world has become a desert without trees because in his pursuit of progress, man is cutting down trees at a rapid pace. The whispering of leaves of trees has ceased and they have turned pale. Now the damage has been done. No matter how much man tries to compensate this loss by making artificial trees by paints and brushes and other plastic materials. But even though they look real they are nothing as compared to real trees. Their buds can never blossom nor can their leaves sing with the breeze.
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.
3.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.