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  1. The beginning and the ending of the poem The Laburnum Top describe dead silence on the laburnum tree. Before the goldfinch bird appears, the laburnum tree is described as "silent, quite still in the afternoon yellow September sunlight, and few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen". When the bird aRead more

    The beginning and the ending of the poem The Laburnum Top describe dead silence on the laburnum tree. Before the goldfinch bird appears, the laburnum tree is described as “silent, quite still in the afternoon yellow September sunlight, and few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen”.

    When the bird appears, there is thrill, noise and life-like situation and as soon as the bird goes away, the laburnum tree subsides to empty i.e. becomes silent again. So the thrill and life on the laburnum tree depends on the movement of the goldfinch bird whose young ones are in the branches of the laburnum tree.

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  1. When the goldfinch bird enters the laburnum tree, hustle and bustle starts. The young chicks of the bird start chirping as their mother brings food for them. The whole tree trembles in thrill and joy. Read summary of this poem.

    When the goldfinch bird enters the laburnum tree, hustle and bustle starts. The young chicks of the bird start chirping as their mother brings food for them. The whole tree trembles in thrill and joy.

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  1. When the goldfinch bird goes away, silence prevails on the tree and thus it subsides to empty i.e. it again becomes as silent as dead. Read summary of this poem.

    When the goldfinch bird goes away, silence prevails on the tree and thus it subsides to empty i.e. it again becomes as silent as dead.

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  1. The laburnum tree described in the poem The Laburnum Tree is unique as it has the nest of goldfinch bird. In that nest reside the young ones of goldfinch. It is autumn season and the tree is dying (its leaves are falling down). However when the bird enters the tree, her young ones start chirping andRead more

    The laburnum tree described in the poem The Laburnum Tree is unique as it has the nest of goldfinch bird. In that nest reside the young ones of goldfinch. It is autumn season and the tree is dying (its leaves are falling down). However when the bird enters the tree, her young ones start chirping and the tree trembles with thrill. It appears that the tree comes back to life on the entering of the goldfinch tree.

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    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem "The Laburnum Top" written by Ted Hughes - Alliteration :- “(S)eptember s()unlight”, "a (s)uddeness, a (s)tartlement", "the whole (t)ree (t)rembles", "(w)histle-chirrup (w)hispering. Simile: "then sleek as a lizard" Metaphor: “a machine starts up oRead more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem “The Laburnum Top” written by Ted Hughes –

    1. Alliteration :- “(S)eptember s()unlight”, “a (s)uddeness, a (s)tartlement”, “the whole (t)ree (t)rembles”, “(w)histle-chirrup (w)hispering.
    2. Simile: “then sleek as a lizard”
    3. Metaphor: “a machine starts up of chitterings”, “the engine of her family”, “Her barred face identity mask”.
    4. Personification: “the whole tree trembles and thrills”.
    5. Transferred epithet: “Her barred face identity mask”.

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