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Read the Lines Given Above and Answer the Question that Follow: Who is Being Referred to as the Unborn Eyes?

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What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
He plants the glory of the plain;
He plants the forest's heritage;
The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see___
These things he plants who plants a tree.

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

Who is being referred to as the unborn eyes?

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Solution

The poet is referring to the future generations who are still unborn but will be bom in the future and will find pleasure in the sight of the tree which would have grown big in height by that time.

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Chapter 1.01: The Heart of the Tree - Stanza 2

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Evergreen Publication English Treasure Trove Class 9 and 10 ICSE
Chapter 1.01 The Heart of the Tree
Stanza 2 | Q 6
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