01: Heart Of A Tree By Henry Cuyler Bunner : Icse-x-english

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Qstn #3
Briefly explain the concluding lines of this stanza. What does the poet want to say here?
Ans : The concluding lines of the stanza highlight the significance of planting a tree as a great service to the nation. The poet feels that the man who plants a tree is, like a true patriot, who is genuinely concerned about the growth of his nation. As he is quite familiar with the advantages offered by a tree, he is able to link them with his nation's growth which is his prime concern. This implies that it's his love for his nation that actually propels and motivates him to adopt this practice.

Qstn #4
How can this poem help in making a person as a good citizen?
Ans : A person who plants trees becomes a good citizen of his country because, by planting a tree, he brings joy and blessings to the neighbourhood. It suggests that the practice of planting trees reflects the humanistic idea of common good that would be a boon for man in general and the nation in particular.

Qstn #5
Describe the alliteration been used by the poet in the last five lines of this stanza with example.
Ans : In the last five lines of this stanza, the poet has used the literary device or figure of speech- alliteration. Alliteration signifies the occurrence of several words in a row having the same first consonant sound or similar sounding letter. Such words either come successively or one after the other, or they may be close together in a line or sentence. In the 6th and 7thlines, we have words like 'hollow', 'His', 'hand' and 'hold' all of which start with 'h'.
Similarly, in the last two lines, we see the phrase 'sea to sea' followed by 'stir with the same consonant sound 's' in the beginning.