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प्रश्न
What might have caused the conflict which led to the poet becoming angry with his enemy? Think of one such situation that you have experienced. Describe how you felt and how the enmity grew and things became worse.
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उत्तर
In the poem ‘A poison tree’ the poet is not satisfied to wait for his enemy to die But he wants to kill him using deceit. Everyone knew a bully or had an enemy when they were growing up. There is enmity between individuals, groups, countries, etc. The love of hating paves the way to enmity. Enmity grows because of jealousy, greed, pride and arrogance, disloyalty, and intolerance.
Things become worse when enmity grows. Enmity is a result of all evils. It leads to hatred and aversion. Enmity destroys the virtues of man. It affects the good character of oneself. It makes anyone very selfish. It cheers up at the defeat and death of the enemy. Thus the things become worse when the enmity grows.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
Whom does ‘he’ refer to in these lines?
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
Why does ‘he’ give his harness bells a shake?
I was angry with my friend
I told my wrath, my wrath did end.
Whom does ‘I’ refer to?
And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.
What grew both day and night?
It has grown Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding Upon its crust, absorbing.
What does the tree feed from the crust?
Pick out the examples for imagery from the poem.
Rampaging through the heavens
Never stopping day or night,
Which word could you replace 'rampaging' with?
Faster than a cheetah
With a tail that’s miles long,
Whose tail is compared here?
With shockwave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
What is reaching to the ground?
It's the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,
That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;
How do they find their joy?
