The Laburnum Top question answers (हिंदी)

The Laburnum Top question answers | Comprehension | N.C.E.R.T /CBSE| | 11th Class poem (Hindi)

Laburnum

Stanza:  1

The Laburnum top is silent, quite still In the afternoon yellow September sunlight, A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen.
Till the goldfinch comes with a twitching chirrup.

Questions

1. Name the poem and the poet.

2. Why is the Laburnum top silent and still ?

3. What has happened to the leaves and seeds of the tree ?

4. What time of the day is described here ?

5. How does the goldfinch come to the tree ?

Answers

1. The name of the poem is 'The Laburnum Top'. The name of poet
is 'Ted Hughes'.

2. The Laburnum top is silent and still because the goldfinch has not yet arrived.

3. The laburnum leaves are yellowing and all its seeds have fallen.

4. It is the afternoon of September.

5. Goldfinch comes with a twitching chirrup. It shakes it's body when chirp.

More Questions based on this stanza :

1. What has been said about the Laburnum top ?

2. What shows that it is the autumn season ?

3. What sound does the goldfinch make ?

Answers

1. The Laburnum top is silent and still. There is no movement in the tree. It looks completely empty.

2. The month of September is mentioned in these lines.  The laburnum leaves are  also described yellowing and its seeds have fallen. This shows it is autumn.

3. She makes a twitching sound.

Stanza: 2

Then sleek as a lizard, and alert, and abrupt, She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up
Of chitterlings, and a tremor of wings, and trilling
The whole tree trembles and thrills.
It is the engine of her family.

Questions:

1. Who does 'she' in these lines refer to?

2. What has she been compared to ?

3. Where does she enter ?

4. What makes the tree tremble and thrill ?

Answers:

1. The word 'she' refers to the goldfinch.

2. She has been compared to a lizard.

3. She enters the thickness of the branches where it has made a nest.

4. The young ones of goldfinch flutter their wings with joy. This  makes the tree tremble and thrill.

More Questions based on this stanza:

1.Who is 'she' and how does 'she' enter the thickness ?

2. What does the 'machine' refer to here ?

3. Why does the tree tremble and thrill ?

Answers

1. "She' is a goldfinch. She enters the thickness as a lizard does in a quick  and alert manner.

2 . The word 'machine' refers to the family of goldfinch, her babies.

3.  The young ones get excited seeing the goldfinch and began to chirp and flutter their wings. This makes the tree tremble and thrill.

Stanza: 3

It is the engine of her family
She stokes it full, then flirts out to a branch-end
Showing her barred face identity mask
Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings
She launches away, towards the infinite
And the laburnum subsides to empty.

Questions

1. Name the poem and the poet.

2. Who is 'she' referred to in the passage.

3 . What is her identity mask ?

4. The laburnum subsides to empty.
 Explain.

Answers :

1. The name of the poem is The Laburnum Top. The name of the poet is Ted Hughes.

2. The word 'she' refers to the goldfinch.

3. Her barred face is her identity mask.

4. After the bird has flown away, the laburnum becomes all quiet and still again. It seems as if it has become empty.

SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS

Q. 1. Which month of the year has been mentioned in the poem ? What been said about the laburnum top ?

Ans. The month of September has been mentioned in this poem. The laburnum top looks all silent and still. Meanwhile,  a goldfinch comes and sits at the end of a branch.

Q. 2. What shows that it is the autumn season ?

Ans. The laburnum leaves have started  Yellowing . All the seeds have fallen to the ground. This shows that it is the autumn season.

Q. 3. What has the goldfinch been compared with in the poem ?

Ans. The goldfinch has been compared to a lizard. The bird's movements are almost similar to a lizard. It  enters the thick branches in a abrupt and quick manner. It also looks as smooth as a lizard.

Q. 4. What happens when the goldfinch enters the thick branches laburnum ?

Ans. As soon as the goldfinch enters the the thick branches, her babies start chittering. The whole tree thrills and becomes alive. The babies tremor their wings in excitement. The  tree starts trembling. 

Some other questions related to the text

1. What do you notice about the beginning and the ending of the poem?

Ans: In the beginning , the laburnum top looks quite silent and still. There is no movement in the tree. Nobody can know there is a nest of goldfinch in which her young ones are harboured. She comes suddenly and the tree trembles and thrills. In the end, goldfinch flies away and the tree present the same scene again. It looks empty once again.

2. To what is the birds. movement compared? What is the basis for the comparison?

Ans: The goldfinch has been compared to a lizard. The bird's movements are almost similar to a lizard. It  enters the thick branches in a abrupt and quick manner. It also looks as smooth as a lizard.

3. Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet?

Ans: An engine is important to run a machine. Similarly goldfinch is also important to her family. It feeds and nourishes her babies so that they can grow and become strong. As soon as it enters the thickness of the tree , they begin to tremor their wings and chirp . The whole tree trembles and thrills as if the machine has started. That's why the image of an engine has evoked.

4. What do you like most about the poem?

Ans : The whole poem has written beautifully but the most attractive thing is it's imagery. Poet has presented beautiful imagery of an engine.

5. What does the phrase "her barred face identity mask'  mean?

Ans: The goldfinch has a barred face which serves an identity to her. By looking her face anybody can tell that it is goldfinch.