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What does the poet compare the branches to?

The poet compares the long-cramped branches that have been shuffling under the roof to newly discharged patients who seem to be half-dazed as the step forward towards the hospital doors after recovering from long illnesses. In a similar condition, the branches also have been confined under the roof and want to get out into the open to spread themselves in the fresh air.


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What picture do these words create in your mind? “…. Sun bury its feet in shadow ….”? What could the poet mean by the sun’s ‘feet’?

 2

Where are trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves, and their twigs do?

 3

How does the poet describe the moon:

(a) At the beginning of the third stanza, and

(b) At its end? What causes this change?

 3

What happens to the house when the trees move out of it?