Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow:
Listen. The glass is breaking.
The trees are stumbling forward into the night. Winds rush to meet them.
The moon is broken like a mirror,
its pieces flash now in the crown,
of the tallest oak.
1. Who is breaking the glass?
(i) The glass is being broken by the branches of the trees which are stumbling forward to move out of the house.
(ii) The glass is being broken by the poet who is stumbling forward to move out of the house.
(iii) The glass is being broken by the roots of the trees which are stumbling forward to move out of the house.
(iv) The glass is being broken by the poet's parents who are stumbling forward to move out of the house.
2. Winds rush to meet them. Who is 'them' here?
(i) Poet's family is referred as 'them' here.
(ii) Trees are referred as 'them' here.
(iii) Leaves and lichens are referred as 'them' here.
(iv) The poet in these lines conveys that the trees are screaming loudly to reach out to her sitting in her verandah.
3. What message do you get from the poem?
(i) The poem shows a conflict between the trees and the forests. The forest had harmed the trees inside the house.
(ii) The poem shows a conflict between the moon and the trees. The branches of the trees harm the moon and break it in pieces like a broken mirror.
(iii) The poem shows a conflict between man and nature. Humans have used nature to develop its society and harm the latter.
(iv) The poem shows a conflict between trees and animals. Animals harm the trees and forests by dwelling upon them.
4. What does the poet say about the trees? Why the winds rush?
(i) The poet says that the trees are stumbling forward into the night. The wind rushes out to meet the trees.
(ii) The poet says that the trees are stumbling forward in the morning. The wind rushes to meet the trees.
(iii) The poet says the trees are stumbling in the evening. The wind rushes to meet the trees.
(iv) The poet says the trees are stumbling in the afternoon. The wind rushes to meet the poet.
5. How does the poet describe the moon? Why does the broken pieces flash?
(i) The poet says that the moon is like a broken plate. The broken pieces flash in the crown of the tallest oak.
(ii) The poet says that the moon is like a broken mirror. The broken pieces flash in the crown of the tallest oak.
(iii) The poet says that the moon is like a broken cup. The broken pieces flash in the crown of the tallest oak.
(iv) The poet says the moon is like a broken mirror. The broken pieces flash in the crown of the tallest fig.
