Question

Read the given extract and answer the questions:

I sit inside, doors open to the veranda writing long letters in which I scarcely mention the departure of the forest from the house The night is fresh, the whole moon shines in a sky still open the smell of leaves and lichen still reaches like a voice into the rooms. (Trees)

1. Comment on the portrayal of the narrator in the given extract. 2
2. Complete the following suitably: 1
   The trees’ movement from the house to the forest, reflect the broader theme of ______. 
3. What has the poet hardly mentioned in her letter? 1
4. What kind of atmosphere is created through the given extract? 1
   Select the correct option(s):
   
   1. nostalgia
   2. serenity
   3. detachment
   4. loss
   5. joy
      1. 1 and 4 
      2. Only 2 
      3. 1, 2 and 3
      4. 2 and 5

Answer 1

1. The narrator is portrayed as introspective and somewhat detached. While they are physically present in the house, they seem more like a silent observer of the trees' liberation. The fact that they "scarcely mention" the trees' departure in their letters suggests a sense of composure or perhaps an attempt to ignore the profound shift occurring in their surroundings.
2. The trees’ movement from the house to the forest, reflect the broader theme of liberation and the return to one’s natural roots. 
3. The poet has hardly mentioned the departure of the forest (the trees) from the house in her letters.
4. nostalgia, serenity and detachment