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    The poem describes a laburnum tree that is still and death-like until a goldfinch bird arrives with her young. She feeds her young on the tree's branches, causing the tree to tremble and come alive. Her movements are compared to a lizard. After feeding, she flies away, leaving the tree death-like again.

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    The poem describes a laburnum tree that is still and death-like until a goldfinch bird arrives with her young. She feeds her young on the tree's branches, causing the tree to tremble and come alive. Her movements are compared to a lizard. After feeding, she flies away, leaving the tree death-like again.

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    The poem describes a laburnum tree that is still and death-like until a goldfinch bird arrives with her young. She feeds her young on the tree's branches, causing the tree to tremble and come alive. Her movements are compared to a lizard. After feeding, she flies away, leaving the tree death-like again.

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    The poem describes a laburnum tree that is still and death-like until a goldfinch bird arrives with her young. She feeds her young on the tree's branches, causing the tree to tremble and come alive. Her movements are compared to a lizard. After feeding, she flies away, leaving the tree death-like again.

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    The Laburnum Top

    Summary
    The poem starts with a description of the
    Laburnum tree whose top was still and
    silent. Its leaves had turned yellow and
    seeds had fallen down. It was a daytime in
    the month of September when the tree was
    standing still and death-like.

    The life-less tree becomes alive by the


    arrival of the Goldfinch bird. She came to
    feed her younger ones who are on the
    thickness of the branch. The tree is her
    shelter. She arrives at the end of the branch
    with a chirping sound. She further moves to
    the other side of the branch with rapid and
    precautionary movement like a lizard. As
    soon as she arrives, her younger ones start
    chirping like a machine and vibrating and
    flapping their wings. The death-like tree
    becomes alive and it trembles and shakes.

    After feeding them, she flies to the other


    side of the branch. Her dark coloured face
    with the yellow body was barely visible as
    she vanished behind the yellow leaves. She
    flew away in the sky, leaving the tree death-
    like again.
    1. Alliteration repetition of a consonant
    sound at the beginning of two or more
    Consecutive words. The instances of
    alliteration in the poem are as follows-

    September sunlight
    tree trembles

    2. Simile - comparison between two things


    using like or as.

    Sleek as a lizard

    3. Metaphor a n indirect comparison


    between two things. Generally, a quality is
    Compared.

    "She enters the thickness, and a machine


    starts up" - the noise created by the

    movement of the birds is compared to the


    machine's noise
    "It is the engine of her family"
    "Showing her barred face identity mask"

    4. Personification - the attribution of

    personal nature characteristics to


    Something non-human

    The whole tree trembles and thrills.


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

    Ans: At the beginning and the ending of the


    poem, the laburnum tree was standing still
    and silent just like death-like.

    2. To what is the bird's movement


    compared? What is the basis for the
    comparison?
    Ans: The goldfinch's movement is
    compared to that of the lizard because she
    was abrupt, sleek and alert. The same
    movements were observed when she
    arrived at the tree and moved to the
    thickness side of the branch to feed her
    young ones.

    3. Why is the image of the engine evoked


    by the poet?

    Ans: As the engine is the source to run the


    machine. The bird is compared to the
    engine as she is the feeder of her family. As
    a machine cannot work without an engine,
    her family can't last without her.
    4. What do you like most about the
    poem?

    Ans: I liked the comparison of the state of


    the tree before and after the goldfinch bird
    arrives and it makes the death-like tree
    alive.

    5. What does the phrase "her barred face


    identity mask" mean?

    Ans: The phrase "her barred face identity


    mask" means that the bird's face became
    her identity and symbol of recognition.
    Note down
    1.the sound words
    2. the movement words
    3. the dominant colour in the poem.

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