1. (a) Fog (b) a cat (c) free verse (d) moves away silently

    (a) Fog
    (b) a cat
    (c) free verse
    (d) moves away silently

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  2. (a) Fog (b) sitting with knees bent (c) 'cat' for fog. (d) It looks over the city and the harbour as long as it stays.

    (a) Fog
    (b) sitting with knees bent
    (c) ‘cat’ for fog.
    (d) It looks over the city and the harbour as long as it stays.

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  3. Just like the departure of someone close to us is painful, so also is the departure of a tree. When they are planted as a sapling they look nice and enhance the beauty of our surroundings. But as they grow and spread out their branches, they look wild and require mor space for their growth. The rootRead more

    Just like the departure of someone close to us is painful, so also is the departure of a tree. When they are planted as a sapling they look nice and enhance the beauty of our surroundings. But as they grow and spread out their branches, they look wild and require mor space for their growth. The roots create cracks in the floor and the leaves stretch out as if to move towards the glass, perhaps in need of sunlight. the soft twigs become strong and stiff. So the trees breathe and they are welcomed by the wind. The moon resembles a broken mirror, reflecting off the leaves. The poetess reveals that she will feel lonely after the trees departure.

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  4. The trees are in the house. The roots try to free themselves from the cracks of the veranda floor, and the leaves make efforts to move towards the glass perhaps in search of light. The small branches become stiff as they try to pull themselves towards the light.

    The trees are in the house. The roots try to free themselves from the cracks of the veranda floor, and the leaves make efforts to move towards the glass perhaps in search of light. The small branches become stiff as they try to pull themselves towards the light.

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  5. The central idea of the poem is the conflict between man and nature. A plant is bought inside the house when it is a sapling. But as it grows into a tree. It gets suffocated with the limited space available. So it departs to feel free. The tree is thus moving out to occupy the now empty forest, madeRead more

    The central idea of the poem is the conflict between man and nature. A plant is bought inside the house when it is a sapling. But as it grows into a tree. It gets suffocated with the limited space available. So it departs to feel free. The tree is thus moving out to occupy the now empty forest, made so by man’s indiscriminate felling of trees. Humans must understand the negative impact of their actions on nature and mend their ways before it is too late

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