So hack and chop But this alone won’t do it. Not so much pain will do it. The bleeding bark will heal And from close to the ground Will rise curled green twigs, Miniature boughs Which if unchecked will expand again To former size. Questions : Q.1. What will be ineffective in killing a tree ? Q.2. What will happen even if the tree is cut ?

(1) In killing a tree, even if one hacks? and chops, it won’t do. It will not kill the trees entirely. (2) Even if the tree is cut with blows of an axe, it will not die. The bleeding bark of; the tree will heal and from close to the ground, Will rise curled green twigs. It will revive.

So hack and chop But this alone won’t do it. Not so much pain wil…

Wind, come softlyDon’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw donw the books on the shelf.
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ Who has penned the poem$?$
$Q.2.$ What is the poet’s request to the wind$?$

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Then the matter
Of scorching and choking
In sun and air,
Browning, hardening,
Twisting, withering,
And then it is done.
Questions :
$Q.1.$ Explain the figure of speech in the last line.$ ?$
$Q.2.$ What do the sun and air do to the roots$ ?$

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Every tinkle on the shingles Has an echo in the heart;
And a thousand dreamy fancies Into busy being start,
And a thousand recollections Weave their air-threads into woof,
As I listen to the patter Of the rain upon the roof.
Questions :$Q.1.$ How does the poet describe the falling rain$?$
$Q.2.$ What does the mind of the poet fancy$?$

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So hack and chop
But this alone won’t do it.
Not so much pain will do it.
The bleeding bark will heal.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ Explain the figure of speech in the last line.
$Q.2.$ What is a bark$?$

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I will arise and go now, for always night and dayI hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.
Questions
$Q.1.$ Who is ‘I’ in the poem$?$
$Q.2.$ What can the narrator hear$?$

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Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign.Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours; the land our brothers walk upon
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.
Questions
$Q.1.$ Which land will we share with our brothers$ ?$
$Q.2.$ Which poetic device is used in the $2^{nd}$ line $?$

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Remember they have eyes like ours that wake
Or sleep, and strength that can be won
By love. In every land is common life
That all can recognise and understand.
Questions :$Q.1.$ What similarities are shown between us and other human beings on the earth$?$
$Q.2.$ How can strength be won$?$

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No motion has she now, no force—She neither hears nor sees,
Rolled round In earth’s diurnal course
With rocks and stones and trees.
Questions
$Q.1.$ Who has penned the poem?
$Q.2.$ What is meant by the earth’s diurnal course?

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Rising out of it, feeding
Upon its crust, absorbing .
Years of sunlight, air, water,
And out of its leprous hide
Sprouting leaves.
Questions:
$Q.1.$ Explain the figure of speech in the second last line.$ ?$
$Q.2.$ Which poet has penned the poem$ ?$

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It takes much time to kill a tree,Not a simple jab of the knife
Will do it. It has grown
Slowly consuming the earth,
Questions:
$Q.1.$ Explain the figure of Speech in the last line.$ ?$
$Q.2.$ What cannot kill a tree$?$

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