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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow: Towards the End of the Poem the Poet Refers to the Longing in the Heart of the One Who Plants a Tree. What is this Longing ? - English 2 (Literature in English)

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What does he plant who plants a tree? a
He plants a friend of sun and sky;b
He plants the flag of breezes free;
The shaft of beauty, towering high;
He plants a home to heaven anigh;
For song and mother-croon of bird
In hushed and happy twilight heard____
The treble of heaven's harmony_____
These things he plants who plants a tree.

Read the lines given above and answer the question that follow:

Towards the end of the poem the poet refers to the longing in the heart of the one who plants a tree. What is this longing ?
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This longing is for the growth of his country

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Chapter 1.01: The Heart of the Tree - Stanza 1

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Evergreen Publication Treasure Trove [English] Class 9 and 10 ICSE
Chapter 1.01 The Heart of the Tree
Stanza 1 | Q 12

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