First Flight Poem 7 “The Trees” NCERT Solution: परीक्षा की पूरी तैयारी

“The Trees” कविता के NCERT समाधान छात्रों को कविता की कहानी और उसके छिपे हुए भाव आसानी से समझने में मदद करते हैं। कविता में पेड़ों का बाहर निकलना आज़ादी, नई शुरुआत और बदलाव को दर्शाता है। इसमें प्रकृति की ताकत और संघर्ष को बहुत सुंदर तरीके से दिखाया गया है। इसके NCERT समाधानों से रिवीजन जल्दी होता है और परीक्षा में बेहतर उत्तर लिखने में मदद मिलती है। 

“The Trees” के NCERT प्रश्न-उत्तर

“The Trees” के प्रश्न-उत्तर छात्रों को कविता के मुख्य भाव, जैसे संघर्ष, विकास और प्रकृति से जुड़ाव को आसानी से समझने में मदद करते हैं। ये उत्तर कविता के काव्य-उपकरणों को समझने और CBSE परीक्षा की बेहतर तैयारी के लिए भी उपयोगी हैं।

Question 1: (i) Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest.

(ii) What picture do these words create in your mind: “… sun bury its feet in shadow…”? What could the poet mean by the sun’s ‘feet’?

Answer:
(i) The three things that cannot occur in a forest without trees are:

• Birds sitting on trees

• Insects hiding in trees

• The sun burying its feet in the shadow of the forest

(ii) The sun’s ‘feet’ represent the rays and heat of the sun touching the ground. Without trees, no shadows are formed, so the sunlight falls directly. In a forest, the shade created by trees makes it appear as though the sun’s feet are buried in the shadows.

Question 2:
(i) Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves, and their twigs do?

(ii) What does the poet compare their branches to?

Answer:
(i) In the poem, the trees are limited to the poet’s house. Their roots work tirelessly to push through cracks in the veranda floor. Leaves try to reach the glass, applying pressure to break it, while the small twigs become stiff and strained with effort.

(ii) The poet compares the cramped branches under the roof to newly discharged hospital patients who appear disoriented and confused. The large branches feel restricted and want to stretch out freely into the open air.

Question 3:
(i) How does the poet describe the moon: (a) at the beginning of the third stanza, and (b) at its end? What causes this change?

(ii) What happens to the house when the trees move out of it?

(iii) Why do you think the poet does not mention “the departure of the forest from the house” in her letters?

Answer:
(i) At the start of the third stanza, the full moon shines clearly in the night sky. By the end, its light appears broken like a shattered mirror over the tallest oak trees. This happens because the trees moving outside partially block the moonlight.

(ii) As the trees move, some glass breaks and the scent of leaves and lichen fills the house, as if the trees themselves are speaking.

(iii) The poet rarely mentions the forest leaving the house because people often ignore nature. She feels that most would not appreciate the trees’ struggle to be free. Observing this beauty personally, she feels joy and satisfaction at seeing the trees return to the forest.

Question 4: Now that you have read the poem in detail, we can begin to ask what the poem might mean. Here are two suggestions. Can you think of others?

(i) Does the poem present a conflict between man and nature? Compare it with A Tiger in the Zoo. Is the poet suggesting that plants and trees, used for ‘interior decoration’ in cities while forests are cut down, are ‘imprisoned’, and need to ‘break out’?

(ii) On the other hand, Adrienne Rich has been known to use trees as a metaphor for human beings; this is a recurrent image in her poetry. What new meanings emerge from the poem if you take its trees to be symbolic of this particular meaning?

Answer:
The poem can have multiple interpretations. The poet uses trees to convey more than one meaning.

(i) Yes, the poem shows a conflict between humans and nature. People often harm nature, cut down forests, and confine trees to limited spaces, depriving them of freedom. As a result, the branches struggle to stretch out into open air. Similarly, in A Tiger in the Zoo, animals are confined in cages and long for freedom.

(ii) If trees symbolize humans, the poem suggests that like trees, humans desire freedom from routines and restrictions. Despite striving to earn a living and enjoying some comforts, people are often restricted and long to break free, just as the trees seek open space.

Question 5: You may read the poem ‘On Killing a Tree’ by Gieve Patel (Beehive – Textbook in English for Class IX, NCERT). Compare and contrast it with the poem you have just read.

Answer:
Activity to be done by yourself.

परीक्षा दृष्टि से “The Trees” के Poetic Devices 

आगामी CBSE कक्षा 10 बोर्ड परीक्षा के लिए कविता में प्रयुक्त महत्वपूर्ण काव्य-उपकरण इस प्रकार हैं:

• Personification (मानवीकरण): कवयित्री ने पेड़ों को इंसानों की तरह क्रियाएँ करते हुए दिखाया है। जैसे पेड़ों का बाहर जाना, जड़ों का पूरी रात काम करना और पत्तों का काँच की ओर बढ़ना।

• Metaphor (रूपक): घर के अंदर मौजूद पेड़ों को बंदी बनी प्रकृति के रूप में दिखाया गया है। काँच का टूटना बंधनों और रुकावटों से मुक्त होने का प्रतीक है।

• Symbolism (प्रतीकात्मकता): पेड़ प्रकृति, स्वतंत्रता और दबे हुए भावों के प्रतीक हैं। घर बंदिश को और जंगल आज़ादी व प्राकृतिक जीवन को दर्शाते हैं।

• Imagery (चित्रात्मकता): कविता में ऐसे शब्दों का प्रयोग हुआ है जो मन में स्पष्ट दृश्य बनाते हैं। जैसे पूरा चाँद चमकना, पत्तों और काई की खुशबू, तथा तंग शाखाओं का वर्णन।

• Onomatopoeia (ध्वनि-अनुकरण): “Cracking” और “breaking” जैसे शब्द टूटने की आवाज़ का एहसास कराते हैं।

• Simile (उपमा): कवयित्री ने चाँद की तुलना दर्पण से की है — “The moon is broken like a mirror.”

• Contrast (विरोधाभास): कविता में खाली जंगल और भरे हुए घर, तथा बंद जगह और खुले प्राकृतिक वातावरण के बीच अंतर दिखाया गया है।

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