When Autumn Came: ASSEB (AHSEC) Class 11 Alternative English notes
With what does the poet compare the yellow leaves?
Ans: The poet has compared yellow leaves with old age, death, decay and destruction.
Who remains undisturbed by the single moan of protest?
Ans: The dry yellow leaves who are scattered on the ground remains undisturbed single moan of protest.
Who are exiled from the songs in Autumn?
Ans: The birds are exiled from their songs in autumn.
With whom does the poet plead for mercy?
Ans: The poet pleads for mercy with the God of May
What does the poet mean by the ‘gift of green’?
Ans: By the ‘gift of green’ the poet means he is looking forward to the spring season .
What is personification?
Ans : To give personal nature of human beings to something non-human is called Personification.
What literary device is used in the poem ‘When Autumn Came’? Ans: Personification.
What is stripped down to the skin?
Ans : Trees
To whom does the poet pray to in the poem?
Ans : The poet prays to the God of May in the poem.
Who is the poet of the poem ‘When Autumn Came’?
Ans : Faiz Ahmed Faiz.
Who are exiled from their song?
Ans: Bird are exiled from their songs.
Q. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
It shook out their hearts, the yellow leaves,
Scattered them over the ground.
Anyone could trample them out of shape
Undisturbed by a single moan of protest.
i) Who is it? Whose yellow hearts did it shake out?
Ans: It refers to the season autumn.
It shook out the hearts of the tree.
ii) What happens to the leaves that are scattered on the ground?
Ans: The leaves that are scattered on the ground are helpless.
iii) When will these withered trees bloom again?
Ans: With the Spring season these withered trees will bloom again.
Q. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
Give some tree the gift of green again,
Let one bird sing.
i) What is the gift of green? Who will receive it?
Ans: The gift of green refers to the gift of life that Spring will give to the withered bodies of the trees that was caused by the Autumn.
The dead and withered bodies of trees will receive it.
ii) What is the poet asking for when he says “Let one Bird Sing”?
Ans: By the phrase “Let one Bird sing” the poet means to say to give voice to atleast one bird so that it can sing once again and raise the voice of protest against the exploitations.
What happens to the trees in autumn?
When autumn comes the trees become lifeless. Autumn comes like a monster and uncovers the trees and makes them naked. Their yellow leaves fall off the trees and those are scattered over the ground. Trees are exploited in such a way but they could not raise their voice against such exploitation.
What do you understand by the expression ‘ebony bodies naked’?
The expression ‘ebony bodies naked’ means that autumn represents change as it destroys the trees and left them without their outer layer as the stems of the trees are completely empty now.
What does the poet mean by ‘birds that herald dreams’?
The line ‘birds that herald dreams’ indicates that the things that gave people hope before World War 2 had started have now long been gone.
How does autumn affect the birds’ life?
In the autumn season, the birds go away from far off places as if they spend time in exile. No birds can be seen on the trees and the song of birds could not be heard.
Why does the poet invoke God of May?
The poet invoked the God of May to bless the withered bodies of the plants, with the passion of renewal of life. He prayed to renew the dead veins of the plants with life, and give some trees the gift of green so that birds could come back again and sing.
How does the poet describe the helplessness of the trees in autumn?
In autumn season, the trees find themselves naked, as autumn comes like a monster and strip down the skin of trees. Even the leaves of the trees who are called the heart by the poet become yellow in colour. The season autumn also scatters the leaves on the ground. They become so helpless that they can’t even raise their voice of protest when someone walk over them.
How does the poet create the impression that autumn is a time of silence?
The time of silence in autumn is represented by comparing the condition of birds whose voice are torn out of their throat. They are exiled from their song. Now, the birds without their voice can’t raise their voice against the exploitation and this brings their life to an end by falling to the ground even before the hunter string his brow.
How does the poem represent the tress as human entities?
In the poem, the trees have been personified as human bodies by the poet. As in the fourth line of the poem, the poet has says the leaves of the trees as their “hearts” which have been shaken
out by autumn. The yellow leaves are scattered on the ground and anybody could trample them out of shape. Just like human beings bear violence from those in power likewise the trees are also now accepting the rudeness of autumn and no voice of protest can be heard.
Why does the poet associate God of May with the ‘passion of resurrection’? Why does he say ‘let one bird sing’?
The poet invokes the God of May so as to bring dead things of autumn back to life. The ‘passion of resurrection’ has the ability to bring some change in the form of spring season.
By the phrase ‘let one bird sing’ the poet means to make the birds as they were, so that they can raise their voice of protest against the exploitation upon them.
How does the poet depict autumn through a series of images of violence?
Ans: The poet of the poem ‘When Autumn Came’ has come up with a series of images of violence to show the adverse effect of Autumn on nature. The induction of imagery in the line ‘Ebony bodies naked’ represent the trees without their upper layer whose leaves are also taken away by Autumn and make them scattered over the ground. Again in the line ‘anyone could trample them out of shape’, the poet means to say that the yellow leaves are trampled out of shape by the passerby and no moan of protest can be heard. The birds, as well effected by Autumn. They go far away from their sweet home and spend time in exile. The voices of the birds are taken out of their throats, they no longer can be heard singing. Thus, with help of a series of imageries as mentioned above, the poet tries to depict the ravages of the autumnal season on life. These also symbolises how voices of the lower class people viciously silenced by those in power.
Describe the poet’s distinctive treatment of nature as reflected in the poem?
Ans : The poet in the poem ‘When Autumn Came’ has depicted nature as cruel and harsh in Autumn season. It strips the trees down to the skin and the bodies of trees become bare. It also takes away the hearts of trees i.e., yellow leaves and scatter them on the ground. The leaves don’t even protest when someone trample them out of shape. Nature in Autumn future adverse effect on the life of birds. They are exiled from their home and their voices also have been taken away. Now the birds are not in a position to sing anymore and they don’t have ability to resist such exploitation. The same birds submit themselves to death even much before anyone tries to kill them. Therefore, the poet has distinctively shown his view on nature in this poem. The poet has also whole heartedly urged the God of May to bless the withered bodies of trees and requested to give voice to atleast one bird so that they can sing once again.
How does the poem express the poet’s faith that autumn can only temporarily disturb life in the world of nature?
Ans: The poem ‘When Autumn Came’ though starts with the description of harshness of Autumn in trees and later in the life of birds. But in the end of the poem, the poet has shown some hope that there can be good phase again after lots of destruction. By urging to the ‘God of May’ the poet hopes for a change, change in the form of Spring season. This will give life to all the withered bodies of trees and voice to atleast one bird again. Thus, the poet has absolute faith in Spring season, that it will bring change in everything, including those are exploited. This also symbolises that the lower class in the society will also find themselves alive with voice once again.
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