Granny’s Tree Climbing class- 8 DAV English Literature Solutions

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DAV CLASS 8 English Literature Granny’s Tree Climbing Question and Answer

I. Understanding the Poem

A. On the basis of your understanding of the poem, answer the following questions in one word/phrase.

1. At what age did the Granny learn climbing trees?

2. Who taught her the art of climbing trees?

3. How old was she when she last climbed a tree?

4. In which season did she get trapped in a tree?

5. For how long was she advised to take rest after being rescued?

6. Who made a tree-top house for her?

7. What things does the narrator carry to his granny’s tree-top house daily?

Ans. 1. At the age of six.

2. Her loving brother.

3. She was 62 years old.

4. In summer season.

5. She was advised to take rest for a week.

6. With the help of the poet Granny’s son, made a tree-top house for her.

7. The narrator carries glasses, tray and sherry to drink.

B. Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow.

1. We sighed with relief and tucked her up well. Poor Granny! For her, it was like a brief season in hell. Confined to her bedroom, while every breeze Whispered of summer and dancing leaves.

(a) Why did the narrator and his family ‘sigh in relief’?

(b) Why was Granny confined to bed? Why did she find it ‘a brief season in hell’?

(c) How did she finally get rid of this ‘season in hell’?

Ans. (a) Granny used to climb trees which was taken as disgraceful by the family. When the doctor advised her to take rest for a week, the family took a shy of relief that she would not try to climb trees again for some days.

(b) On doctor’s advice Granny was confined to bed. She did not want to spend her entire summer in one room. She had to spend many days in this confinement and she could not climb trees. The summer season in such condition became a hell for her.

(c) Granny could not live in such situation. She asked her son to make a tree-top house for her. When it was ready, she began to live there enjoying her time.

2. —but it was feared by all That one day she’d have a terrible fall. The outcome was different—

(a) What did everyone fear?

(b) ‘The outcome was different’. What was this outcome? How was it different from what everyone had expected?

(c) What did this outcome lead to?

Ans. (a) Everyone had fear that one day she would fall from the tree.

(b) Once when the entire family had gone out of home Granny climbed the tree, but she was unable to come down. The outcome was quite different from what everyone expected. They expected that she would fall down but she remained stuck there, and could not come down.

(c) When she came down the doctor advised her to take a week’s rest. This season became a hell for Granny.

C. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

Ans. The rhyme scheme of the poem is aabb.

II. HOTS The poet says: ‘… every breeze Whispered of summer and dancing leaves.’ Discuss with your partner how breeze can ‘whisper’ and leaves ‘dance’. Which figure of speech has been used here?

Ans. According to the poet, every breeze that was blowing was speaking of the arrival of the summer season, leaves were fluttering in a manner as if they were dancing. The figure of speech used here is personification as if breeze and leaves have been given a human shape.

III. Life Skills Granny liked living in a tree-top house more than living in an ordinary house. If you get a chance to live in a tree-top house what problems would you face while living there and what thing would you enjoy?

Ans. The poet’s grandmother is quite different from other grandmother’s. She has own passion of climbing trees. She has developed a close relation with nature and loves to spend sometime in the laps of nature. If I would get a chance like grandmother I would love to enjoy my new found freedom but at the same time it would be at the cost of sacrificing the company of my family members.