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The poet immortalizes the tree. Elucidate. - English

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The poet immortalizes the tree. Elucidate.

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The poet, Toru Dutt was conscious of the fact that her most endeared Casuarina tree was growing old. The fate that befalls aged humans and trees would ultimately grab the Casuarina tree too. Time, though slow, is ready with its sickle to harvest the lives of all living things. Being a well-read poet, she recalls how William Wordsworth had immortalized his favourite lonely tall yew tree in his poem, “Yew-trees”. Taking inspiration from him, she decides to prevent her favorite tree from dying and passing into the irreversible world of oblivion by writing a poem about the tree. True to her faith the tree lives on in our memories. As long as tongues can speak and eyes can see, the Casuarina tree will live in the hearts of millions of people till the end of the world.

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पाठ 2.2: Our Casuarina Tree - Exercise [पृष्ठ ५६]

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सामाचीर कलवी English Class 12 TN Board
पाठ 2.2 Our Casuarina Tree
Exercise | Q 6. c) | पृष्ठ ५६

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