Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XI Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now Short Questions 1st Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 11th
Poem no:3 Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now (A.E. Housman)
Questions and Answers.
Ans: It is a Christian holy day celebrated on the first Sunday after a full moon on or after 21stMarch. They remember the death of Christ and his return to life.
Q:2 Which is the loveliest of trees and why?
Ans: Cherry is the loveliest of trees because it is covered with white flowers. It seems that it is wearing white dress to celebrate the arrival of Easter.
Q:3 What does the poet call the cherry tree?
Ans: He calls it loveliest of trees.
Q:4 What do you understand by ‘the cherry now is hung with bloom along the bough’?
Ans: It means that the cherry tree is now in full bloom and its branches are bending down loaded with flowers.
Q:5 Where does the cherry tree stand?
Ans: It stands along the path in the woods.
Q:6 What is meant by ‘Wearing white for the Easter tide’?
Ans: The poet says that the cherry tree is all covered with white flowers. He says that it is wearing white dress to celebrate the arrival of Easter.
Q:7 Why does the poet relate white colour with Easter?
Ans: Easter is a religious festival of Christians, and their religious colour is white. Therefore, the poet says that the cherry tree is dressed in white to celebrate Easter.
Q:8 What is the age of the poet?
Ans: The poet is twenty years old.
Q:9 How many years does the poet say will not come again in his life?
Ans: The poet says that the early twenty years of his life will not come again.
Q:10 Why are fifty springs little to see the cherry trees?
Ans: The poet says that fifty springs are not sufficient to look at things in bloom.
Q:11 Why are fifty springs little to see the cherry trees?
Ans: The poet has great love and admiration for the glorious cherry tree in in spring season. He regrets that the remaining fifty years are not sufficient to relish the captivating beauty of cherry tree. He also mourns the loss of early twenty years in which he could not admire the glorious tree.
Q:12 What is the theme of the poem?
Ans: The poem is written in praise of the cherry tree. The poet regrets that his life is too short to enjoy the beauty of the tree because he loves to see it all the time. The poem shows his extreme love for nature.
Q:13 What does the poet feel when he looks at the cherry tree?
Ans: He feels that the expected fifty years are a very short period of time to enjoy the bloom of the tree.
Q:14 What are the future plans of the poet about the cherry tree?
Ans: The poet is determined to go to the woodland more often to enjoy the glorious cherry tree.
Q:15 When does the cherry tree become the loveliest one?
Ans: The cherry becomes the loveliest in the spring season when it is laden with white flowers.
Q:16 What is meant by the word snow in the line, “To see the cherry hung with snow”?
Ans: Snow means white flowers of the cherry tree in the poem.
Q:17 What does the poet depict in “Loveliest of Trees, the cherry now”.
Ans: The poet depicts his deep love for nature in general and for the cherry tree in particular. The poet emphasizes that the beauty of cherry is a treat to watch. He calls it the “Loveliest of trees”. It is all covered with white flowers. In poet’s opinion cherry tree is wearing white dress to celebrate Easter. He says that he has lost the early twenty springs of his life and he will never be able to enjoy them again. Though he claims that he will appreciate the beauty of the loveliest of trees in remaining fifty springs(expected) yet he finds this period very short and insufficient for this purpose.
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