Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now Reference Context Explanation

Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now Reference Context Explanation 1st Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11th

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Poem no:3 Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now (A.E. Housman)

Explanation with reference to the context.

            Loveliest of trees, the cherry now

Is hung with bloom along the bough

            And stands about the woodland ride

            Wearing white for Eastertide.

Reference:

These lines have been taken from “Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry now” by A.E Housman.

Context:

The poet gets enthralled by the captivating beauty of cherry. Though the poet is enjoying every bloom of the cherry tree loaded with white flowers yet the mourns the loss of early twenty years in which he could not admire the loveliest of trees. He wants to compensate this loss by visiting the woodland more often in future to feast his eyes.

Explanation:

In these lines, Housman expresses his love for nature. Cherry is the most beautiful tree in his view and he is enthralled to see it in full bloom. The branches of this most fascinating tree are laden and loaded with buds and flowers. The cherry is fully dressed. It seems that cherry has put on the white dress to celebrate and commemorate the most important Christian festival, Easter. Housman is a poet of nature and has devotedly admired Nature in these lines. He enjoys the sensuous aspect of nature.

              Now, of my three score years and ten

              Twenty will not come again,

And take from seventy Springs a score,

              It only leaves me fifty more.

Reference:

             These lines have been taken from “Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry now” by A.E Housman.

Context:

             The poet gets enthralled by the captivating beauty of cherry. Though the poet is enjoying every bloom of the cherry tree loaded with white flowers yet the mourns the loss of early twenty years in which he could not admire the loveliest of trees. He wants to compensate this loss by visiting the woodland more often in future to feast his eyes.

Explanation:

             In these lines, the poet laments that he has lost the early twenty years of his life. In his opinion, twenty years of youth will never come back, because time once can never be regained. Thus, the poet has expressed the view that life is short and temporary. God has made this world very lovely and charming. He is thinking that he will have only fifty more springs to praise the beauty of the loveliest cherry tree because according to the Bible man’s average age is seventy years. He feels sad over this idea.

              And since to look at things in bloom,

              Fifty Springs are little room,

              About the woodland I will go

              To see the cherry hung with snow.

Reference:

             These lines have been taken from “Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry now” by A.E Housman.

Context:

             The poet gets enthralled by the captivating beauty of cherry. Though the poet is enjoying every bloom of the cherry tree loaded with white flowers yet the mourns the loss of early twenty years in which he could not admire the loveliest of trees. He wants to compensate this loss by visiting the woodland more often in future to feast his eyes.

Explanation:

             In these lines, the poet feels a bit gloomy to express that fifty years are not sufficient to relish the captivating beauty of cherry tree. The poet is determined to go to the woodland more often to enjoy the glorious cherry tree. He wants to quench his aesthetic thirst by gazing at the beautiful boughs hung with snow(white flowers). He wishes to make this scene everlasting.