All night the roots work
to disengage themselves from the cracks
on the veranda floor.
The leaves strain toward the glass
small twigs stiff with exertion
long-cramped boughs shuffing under the roof
like newly discharged patients
half-dazed, moving
to the clinic doors.
Questions
(a) The poet has compared the branches of the trees to __________
(b) According to the poet, he presents a conflict between _______
(c) figure of speech is used in the above mentioned poem is ________
(d) Boughs were long-cramped. They are trying to ___________