Class 11.Eng.Core CBSE Poem-2 The Laburnum Top Hornbill, Question answer Theme Message Characters, explanation
Poem-2 The Laburnum Top by Ted Hughes Laburnum tree Goldfinch bird. https://youtu.be/NBGf4RYZAg4?si=f-DBB0JalDbuM8Si ABOUT THE POEM The American goldfinch is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada–United States border to Mexico during the winter. The Laburnum Top The poem The laburnum top is a beautiful poem by Ted Hughes. In this poem the poet has used the laburnum tree and goldfinch as a symbol of life and its fluctuations. He describes the visiting of goldfinches on the laburnum tree and how she has made a nest on it. When goldfinches have chicks it brings alive the tree as the chicks started to rustle and and chirp. Message The Laburnum tree and the goldfinches depict the symbol of life and fluctuations. The poet wants to convey the importance of living with each other . The tree's life was seemingly dull and inanimate, bu...