12th English Elective Poetry 5. Trees - Emily Dickinson
12th English Elective Poetry 5. Trees - Emily Dickinson
प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book) Class - 12 English Elective 5.
Trees - Emily Dickinson Q1. What imagery does the poet use to delineate summer's day
more picturesquely than any painter could? Ans-
The poetess uses the imagery of different things from nature to delineate
summer's day more picturesquely than any painter. They are the images of the
wind playing through leaves and branches of trees, the miniature creature
producing musical notes in their sound and a tone of Psalteries in their tune,
the whimsical sun rising and hiding in its estate of clouds, rising to let the
orchards grow, birds sitting carelessly and snake sitting winding on the stone
and the blooming of buds into flowers. Q2. What do you understand by 'Psalteries of summer'? Ans-
The poet uses the metaphor of 'Psalteries of summer' to describe the
extraordinary musical charms of a perfect summer day. Psalteries are the
religious songs sung by the saints and hermits in pr…
