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प्रश्न
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
A creeper climbs, in whose embraces bound No other tree could live.
- Which tree is referred to in the above lines?
- How does the tree survive the tight hold of the creeper?
- Why does Toru Dutt use the expression ‘a creeper climbs’?
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उत्तर
- Casuarina tree is referred to in the above line.
- The tree takes the tight hold of the creeper like the embraces of lady love. So, it doesn’t hurt the tree. It grows stronger bearing the bite marks of love.
- A creeper cannot grow without the support of another tree or a pole. While climbing, it tries to sap the energy from the living tree. If the creeper doesn’t climb, it would die without sunlight. So, the poet says the creeper climbs. It twines its body around the tree and keeps climbing.
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