Short Question

Short Question

Poem No.3

LOVELIEST OF TREES, THE CHERRY NOW

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

Q/1: What does the poet mean by ``of my three score years and ten``?

Ans: According to the bible, a man lives about seventy years in this world. The poet is referring to this age of him. These score and ten years mean seventy years.

Q/2: Why are the fifty springs little to see the cherry tree?

Ans: The poet says that fifty years is a little room to enjoy the beauties of nature. Therefore, he would go to the jungle. There he would be able to see many things within the little available time.

Q/3: Write the theme or main idea of the poem, ‘loveliest of trees, the cherry now``.

Ans: The poet says that man`s life is too short to enjoy the beauties of nature. Here cherry stands for the beauty of nature. The poet wants to enjoy the beauty of nature in the short period of his life.

Q/4: How does the cherry tree look like?

Ans: The cherry in full bloom. It is covered with white flowers. It seems to be dressed up for Easter. As it looks very beautiful, the poet calls it the loveliest of trees.

Q/5: Why does the poet call cherry the loveliest of trees?

Ans: The cherry in full bloom. It is covered with white flowers. It seems to be dressed up for Easter. As it looks very beautiful, the poet calls it the loveliest of trees.

Q/6: Are fifty years a fairly long period to look at things in bloom?

Ans: The poet says that fifty years are a little period to look at the things in bloom.