Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Poem 2 A Poison Tree

Tamilnadu State Board New Syllabus Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Guide Pdf Poem 2 A Poison Tree Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes.

Tamilnadu Samacheer Kalvi 9th English Solutions Poem 2 A Poison Tree

9th English Guide A Poison Tree Textbook Questions and Answers

A. Answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

1. I was angry with my friend
I told my wrath my wrath did end.

Question (a).
Who does T refer to?
Answer:
‘I’ refer to the Poet.

Question (b).
How did the anger of the poet come to an end?
Answer:
The anger of the poet came to an end when he told his wrath

2. And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears;

Question (a).
What does ‘it’ refer to?
Answer:
It refers to the seed [wrath]

Question (b).
How is ‘it’ watered?
Answer:
It is watered with tears.

3. In the morning glad I see
My foe outstretched beneath the tree

Question (a).
How did the poet feel in the morning?
Answer:
The poet was glad to see it in the morning

Question (b).
Who is the ‘foe’ referred to here?
Answer:
Satan is the foe referred to here.

Question (c).
Why was the ‘foe’ found lying outstretched beneath the tree?
Answer:
The foe was dead. So he was found to be so.

4. And it grew both day and night,
Till it bore an apple bright.

Question (a).
Who does ‘it’ refer to?
Answer:
‘It’ refers to the tree.

Question (b).
What does ‘apple’ signify?
Answer:
Apple signifies wrath

Question (c).
What grew both day and night?
Answer:
The tree grew both day and night.

Additional Questions and Answers

1. I was angry with my foe
I told it not, my wrath did grow

Question (a).
Who was angry?
Answer:
The poet was angry.

Question (b).
Who was the Poet angry with?
Answer:
The poet was angry with his enemy (foe)

Question (c).
What was the effect for not telling the wrath?
Answer:
The wrath started growing.

Question (d).
What is the antonym of ‘wrath’?
Answer:
The antonym of ‘wrath’ is calm or pleasure.

2. And I sunned it with smiles
And with soft deceitful wiles.

Question (a).
How did the Poet sun the tree?
Answer:
The poet sunned the tree with smiles and soft deceitful wiles

Question (b).
What is meant by ‘deceitful wiles’?
Answer:
‘Deceitful wiles’ means cunning tricks.

3. And my foe beheld it shine
And he knew it was mine.

Question (a).
Who beheld it shine?
Answer:
The poet’s foe beheld it shine.

Question (b).
What does ‘foe’ refer to?
Answer:
‘Foe’ refers to Satan, the enemy of mankind.

Question (c).
What did the enemy know about the fruit?
Answer:
The enemy knew that the fruit belonged to the poet.

4. And into my garden stole
When the night had veiled the pole

Question (a).
Where did the enemy steal?
Answer:
The enemy stole in the garden.

Question (b).
What did the enemy steal?
Answer:
The enemy stole the apple.

Question (c).
When did he steal the fruit?
Answer:
He stole the fruit when the night covered the pole.

Question (d).
What is meant by ‘the pole’?
Answer:
The pole means north or south pole of the earth.

Question (d).
Explain the phrase; “night had veiled”
Answer:
The night is dark and it covers all. So night had covered up under darkness.

B. Complete the summary by filling in the given spaces with suitable words.

Once the poet was angry with his friend. He expressed his (1) ……….. and it ended. They became friendly but when he grew angry with his foe, he (2) ………. it and allowed his anger to grow. Day and night he watered it with his tears allowing it to grow. He (3) ……….. his foe with false smiles and cunning tricks. The tree kept growing and yielded a bright apple which (4) ………. his foe to eating it stealthily during the night. The next morning the poet was happy to see his foe lying (5) ……….. under the tree.
Answer:

1. wrath or anger
2. did not tell
3. sunned
4. beheld
5. outstretched

C. Answer the following questions in about 80-100 words

1. How did the poet’s anger with his friend end?
Answer:
The poet expressed his anger towards his friend as well as his enemy. But he specified the difference between two types of anger. He told me that when he was angry with a friend, he convinced his own heart to forgive his friend. He sorted out the differences with his friend by expressing his anger to him and by discussing his own points of view with him. Even if he was hurt and he knew that his friend had done injustice to him, he would have tried his best to forget the past and end the feeling of vengeance in his heart. In this way, the poet’s anger, with his friend, came to an end.

(OR)

The poet tells about a friend and an enemy. He was angry with both of them. But he told his friend that he was angry and why he was so. Due to some reasons, it might have happened. But the poet had love for his friend. He approached his friend. He could become easy and smooth. They could strengthen their friendship. The anger disappeared from their minds. The poet told his friend his extreme anger. The displeasure vanished in no time. Love defeated enmity. Enmity could not grow anymore.
“Love Your enemies”

2. Describe how his anger kept, growing.
Answer:
Poem: A poison tree
Author: Ruskin bond
Theme: Grow love but not enmity
Character : poet, his friend, and enemy, tree

The poet encountered his enemy. But he was very careful not to tell him his anger. He allowed his anger to grow. He watered it regularly. It grew into a tree. It blossomed and began to bear fruit. The poet pretended to be friendly. But he sunned the tree only with false love.

The poet made his attitude more attractive. His aim was only to defeat his enemy and kill him finally. The poet was keen on his aim. His anger kept growing as a tree robustly.
“Grow love and throw enmity”

(OR)

The poet describes a different scenario with him. He was once angry with his enemy but he did not tell him about it. Since the poet did not talk about his anger, it became bigger and bigger. The Poets anger was like a seed. He watered the seed regularly in fear with tears. It sprouted and grew like a tree.

The poet pretends to be friendly to his enemy. The very act of being friendly strengthens his enemy act like sunshine on the plant of his anger. The poet makes his behavior appear more attractive than it is. But inwardly the poet’s anger keeps growing by all means.
“Never grow enmity but love”

3. Describe the effect of the poisonous fruit on the ‘enemy’.
Answer:
The poet, William Blake, revealed his anger to his friend and the anger ended. But when the poet concealed his anger from his enemy, the anger grew. It grew like a tree that bore a bright apple. His enemy saw the shining apple. Even though he knew that the apple belonged to the poet, he wanted to have it. So the enemy came secretly into the garden when it was night and ate the apple. In the morning, the ‘ poet’s anger changed into gladness when he found the enemy outstretched under the poison tree. The apple in the tree of anger symbolizes the poisonous effect.

(OR)

The wrath of the poet has become an actual tree. Anger does not bear apples. But apple trees can do. The tree has grown well. It has started blossoming and bearing fruits. The apple is very bright and it is attractive to the enemy’s eyes. The enemy makes up his mind to taste it. He tries to get the fruit stealthily. Apparently, in the dark night the enemy eats the apple. It ends up killing the enemy or making him fall asleep. Death has become inevitable to the enemy. Thus the poisonous fruit killed the enemy and made the poet happy.
“Destroy enmity but not enemies”

Poem appreciation:
D. Figures of Speech:

Question 1.
I was angry with my foe
Answer:
The words ‘was’ and ‘with’ are alliterated. ( The sound /w/ is repeated)

Question 2.
Till it bore an apple bright
Answer:
The words ‘bore’ and ‘bright’ are in alliteration ( The sound / b / is repeated)

Question 3.
Night and morning with my tears
Answer:
The words ‘morning’ and ‘my’ are in alliteration (The sound / m / is repeated)

Question
And with soft deceitful wiles
Answer:
The words ‘with’ and ‘wiles’ are in alliteration. (The sound / w / is repeated)

E. Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

1. I was angry with my friend
I told my wrath, my wrath did end
I was angry with my foe I told it not, my wrath did grow.

Question 1.
Pick out the rhyming words
Answer:
The rhyming words are “friend, end” and “foe, grow”

Question 2.
What is the rhyme scheme of the stanza?
Answer:
The rhyme scheme is “aabb”

Question 3.
Identify the figure of speech in the title of the poem
Answer:
The figure of speech is a “metaphor”

2. And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears.

Question 1.
What figure of speech is used in ‘watered it in fears’?
Answer:
The figure of speech used here is a ‘metaphor’

Additional Questions & Answers

1. And I watered it in fears
Night and morning with my tears
And I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles

Question 1.
What are the rhyming words in this stanza?
Answer:
The rhyming words are fears, tears; smiles, wiles.

Question 2.
What is the rhyme scheme used in this stanza.
Answer:
The rhyme scheme used in this stanza is “aabb”

Question 3.
Pick out the alliterated words in this stanza.
Answer:
(a) The words in alliteration in second-line are morning and my
(b) The words in alliteration in third line are ‘stunned and smiles’.
(c) The words in alliteration in the fourth line are ‘with and wiles’

Listening:

F. Listen to your teacher reading out the tips on anger management. The recording can be played more than once if needed.

Answer:

1. c. to calm your inner self.
2. e. who always tells you how to act.
3. b. to know how to handle it is a virtue.
4. a. who will take care of the reason why you got angry?
5. d. speak to your self and calm yourself.

G. Answer the following in about 80 – 100 words. Take ideas from the poem and also use your own ideas.

Question 1.
Recall a recent situation when you became angry. What were the consequences of your anger? After listening to the guidelines on anger management, find out how well you could have handled the situation. Write your findings.
Answer:
“When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out – because that s what is inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.” – Wayne Dyer
I don’t remember what the specific dates were of the incident but I do remember it involved my supervisor at the time. I think she had reacted in a way that I didn’t like.

Question 2.
What might have caused the conflict which led to the poet becoming angry with his enemy? Think of one such situation that you have experienced. Describe how you felt and how the enmity grew and things became worse.
Answer:
In the poem ‘A poison tree’ the poet is not satisfied to wait for his enemy to die But he wants to kill him using deceit. Everyone knew a bully or had an enemy when they were growing up . There is enmity between individuals, groups, countries etc. The love of hating paves way to enmity. Enmity grows because of jealousy, greed, pride and arrogance, disloyalty and intolerance.

Things become worse when enmity grows. Enmity is a result of all evils. It leads to hatred and aversion. Enmity destroys the virtues of man. It affects the good character of oneself. It makes anyone very selfish. It cheers up at the defeat and death of the enemy. Thus the things become worse when the enmity grows.

H. Discuss and Write.

Question 1.
Identify five to six qualities that make an ordinary person, loved and respected by all Work in groups of five or six. Each group has to take up one quality and discuss the methods for imbibing that quality and identify the challenges that need to be faced.
Answer:
Six qualities which make an ordinary person loved and respected by all

1. Politeness
2. Listening
3. Helpfulness
4. Avoiding excuses
5. Adapting to changes
6. forgiveness

Question 2.
Adolescents are often distracted by feelings like anger, disappointment, and general helplessness when they face challenges at school or at home. Suggest ways to turn such feelings into positive ones.
Answer:

1. When you are distracted by your feelings you may do the following to turn them into positive ones,
2. Breathe and relax yourself
3. Suspend your point of view and take on the others.
4. Become more mindful
5. Bring humor to the rescue.