Poem ‘The Trees’ Class 10 Word Meanings in Hindi and English

‘The Trees’ Poem’s word meanings are given here. The meanings carry literal as well as the literary and figurative meanings so that students could properly understand the poem ‘The Trees’.

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Stanza 1

The trees inside are moving out into the forest,

the forest that was empty all these days

where no bird could sit

no insect hide

no sun bury its feet in shadow

the forest that was empty all these nights

will be full of trees by morning.

Stanza 2

All night the roots work

to disengage themselves from the cracks

in the veranda floor.

the leaves strain toward the glass

small twigs stiff with exertion

long-cramped boughs shuffling under the roof

like newly discharged patients

half-dazed, moving to the clinic doors.

Stanza 3

I sit inside, door open to the veranda

writing long letters

in which I scarcely mention the departure

of the forest from the house.

The night is fresh, the whole moon shines

in a sky still open

the smell of leaves and lichen

still reaches like a voice into the rooms.

Stanza 4

My head is full of whispers

which tomorrow will be silent.

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.