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7th eng Tree

The poem 'The Trees' emphasizes the significance of trees for all living beings and advocates against deforestation, illustrating the conflict between humanity and nature. It argues that trees should thrive in their natural environment rather than being confined to human spaces. The accompanying activities encourage reflection on the roles of trees and the importance of preserving nature.

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7th eng Tree

The poem 'The Trees' emphasizes the significance of trees for all living beings and advocates against deforestation, illustrating the conflict between humanity and nature. It argues that trees should thrive in their natural environment rather than being confined to human spaces. The accompanying activities encourage reflection on the roles of trees and the importance of preserving nature.

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Class 7th

English Chapter : Trees – Poem

The central idea of the poem "The Trees" is to highlight the importance of
trees to all living beings and to send a strong message against
deforestation. The poem conveys that trees should be kept alive in the forest
and not imprisoned in houses. The poem also shows the conflict between
man and nature, and how humans have used nature for their own benefit. The
poet wants to convey that the presence of a few trees in a house does not
equal nature, and that real nature is outside in the forests.

Working with the Poem


1. What are the games or human activities which use trees, or in which
trees also ‘participate’?
Ans: Humans use trees in various ways – to get wood, to make tree houses, to
get fruits, to get shade during the summers, for making swings, to play hide
and seek, and for many other activities as well.
2.
(i) “Trees are to make no shade in winter.” What does this mean?
(Contrast this line with the line immediately before it)
(ii) “Trees are for apples to grow on, or pears.” Do you agree that one
purpose of a tree is to have fruit on it? Or do you think this line is
humorous?
Ans:
(i) The line indicates that, during the winters, we use tree wood to build fire in
order to keep ourselves warm. However, during the summers, the trees are
often used to get protection from the sunlight as they provide cool shades.

(ii) Well, this line could be called humorous because the trees do let the fruits
grow on themselves and the consumers of those fruits are people, who grow
beneath them.
3. With the help of your partner, try to rewrite some lines in the poem,
or add new ones of your own as in the following examples.
Trees are for birds to build nests in. Trees are for people to sit under.
Now try to compose a similar poem about water or air.
Ans: Trees give us delicious fruits. They take our tiredness away. They give us
oxygen.

Water gives us life. We drink it and bathe in it.

There is no life without water. So we should save every drop of it

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