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Class 10 English: The Trees Worksheet (with Answers)

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  1. 1. The Trees was written by:
    • (a) Robert Frost
    • (b) Ogden Nash
    • (c) Adrienne Rich
    • (d) Leslie Norris
  2. 2. At the start, the trees are inside a:
    • (a) forest
    • (b) garden
    • (c) cave
    • (d) house
  3. 3. The trees move out to the:
    • (a) forest
    • (b) river
    • (c) field
    • (d) mountains
  4. 4. The trees' escape mainly happens during the:
    • (a) day
    • (b) night
    • (c) afternoon
    • (d) winter
  5. 5. Where do the trees begin and end up?
  6. 6. What does the trees' movement symbolise?
  7. 7. Explain the central image and symbolism of 'The Trees'.
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  1. 1. (c) Adrienne Rich — It is by Adrienne Rich.
  2. 2. (d) house — They are confined inside a house.
  3. 3. (a) forest — They move out into the forest.
  4. 4. (b) night — They struggle out through the night.
  5. 5. They begin confined inside a house and move out to the forest.
  6. 6. Freedom — nature reclaiming its place or the liberation of the suppressed.
  7. 7. The central image of the poem is striking and unusual: trees that have somehow been kept inside a house are shown struggling, through the night, to break free and move out into the empty forest, finally rejoining it by morning. While this image works on a literal level as nature in motion, its real power lies in its symbolism. The trees leaving the confining house can represent nature reclaiming the space that human beings have taken from it. More widely, the poem is read as a symbol of liberation — of women, or of any oppressed or confined person, breaking free from the walls that hold them and returning to where they truly belong. The straining roots and branches stand for the powerful, natural urge for freedom. Thus the poem uses a simple image of moving trees to express a profound idea about the desire to be free.
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