“And seems to one in drowsiness half lost, The Grasshopper’s among some grassy hills.” What does the poet try to convey with these last two lines of the poem? The last two lines of the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’ ...
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Justify the title of the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’.
Justify the title of the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’. John Keats, in his sonnet ‘The Poetry of Earth’, unfolds the theme of never-ending poetry inherent in nature. This poetry of earth is expressed in the form of the songs ...
“.. he has never done / With his delights’
“.. he has never done / With his delights’- Who is ‘he’? What does ‘he’ do? What does the extract mean? Here, ‘he’ refers to the grasshopper. In ‘The Poetry of Earth’ Keats presents a beautiful picture of summer and ...
Describe in detail the growth of the tree in the first stanza.
Describe in detail the growth of the tree in the first stanza. In the first stanza of the poem, the poet describes the growth of the tree and the role of the earth in its growth. The tree matures ...
“Why it is not quite easy to kill a tree?
“Why it is not quite easy to kill a tree? “On Killing a Tree’ depicts the process of destroying a tree. Gieve Patel declares that the process of killing a tree is a long one. A simple jab of ...
“And then it is done.”-Explain how it is done.
“And then it is done.”-Explain how it is done. The tree has a life of its own and man out of greed and selfishness wants to destroy it completely. Man realises that since the tree has grown for years ...
No, The root is to be pulled out.
“No, The root is to be pulled out.” – Why has the word ‘No’ been used? How is the pulling out of the root related to the killing of the tree? Through the word ‘No’ the poet tries to ...
And out of its leprous hide/ Sprouting leaves.
Here ‘leprous hide’ refers to the rough bark of a tree, having marks. The ‘leprous hide’ of a tree bears the ‘sprouting leaves’. A leper’s skin is patchy and contains various shades of colour. The bark of a tree ...
Not a simple jab of the knife/Will do it.” | “It has grown / Slowly consuming the earth,
The phrase ‘a simple jab of the knife’ means a swift blow of the knife. The stem of a full-grown tree is very strong and the bark of it is very rough and hard. A knife is a weak ...
Justify the title of the poem “On Killing a Tree.”
The word “killing” means the complete destruction of an object’s existence or wiping out something from the earth. In this poem, the poet describes how man encourages deforestation, defying the eternal bond shared by the earth and the tree. While ...