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प्रश्न
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What grew both day and night?
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उत्तर
Anger that is personified to the ‘poison tree’ grew both day and night.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Memorise the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'.
What information does the poet highlight about the season and the time of the day in the poem?
Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words.
Once the poet was angry with his friend. He expressed his (i) ____________ and it ended. They became friends. But when he grew angry with his foe, he (ii) ___________ it and allowed his anger to grow. Day and night he watered it with his tears and allowed it to grow. He (iii) _________ his foe with false smiles and cunning tricks. The tree kept growing and yielded a bright apple which (iv) __________ his foe to eat it stealthily during the night. The next morning the poet was happy to see his foe lying (v) _________ under the tree.
It takes much time to kill a tree,
Not a simple jab of the knife Will do it.
Can a ‘simple jab of the knife’ kill a tree?
And out of its leprous hide Sprouting leaves.
What comes out of the leprous hide?
Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.
| Poetic lines | Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech |
| It takes much time to kill a tree. | |
| The bleeding bark will heal. | |
| Out of the anchoring earth |
Write a character sketch of the spider.
River, river! Swelling river!
On you rush through rough and smooth;
Why does the poet mention the river to be swelling?
Tending onward to the ocean,
Just like mortal prime.
What does the poet mean by ‘mortal prime’?
Memorise the first three stanzas of the poem.
