XI - 2.1 Cherry Tree - Appreciation of the poem -

CERRY TREE

Appreciation of the poem 

• About the poet 
• This poem is written by Ruskin Bond. He has written hundreds of short stories, essays, novellas and more than thirty books for children. He received the the Sahitya Akademi Award for English writing in India. He was awarded the Padmashri Award in 1999.

• About the title-
• The title is appropriate. In this poem the poet is expressing his feelings and thoughts about the cherry tree which was planted by him.

• About the poem -
• The poem 'Cherry Tree' is about the poet's ecstasy over a tree which he planted. He is expressing his wonder at the ways of Nature and how the cherry blossoms are fragile and quick to fall. The tree give him immense joy as he can see the stars and the blue sky through dappled green trees.

• The theme - 
• The poet want a tree of his own. so he planted a cherry tree and forgot about it. But the cherry tree grew inspite of many threats. By seeing the fully grown tree, the poet became very happy.

• Poetic style -
• This is nature poem and narrative poem which describes about the cherry tree and poet's feelings and happiness.

• Language - 
•  The language of the poem is very easy and simple to understand the poem easily.

• Poetic devices -
• In this poem  different figures of speeches are used like Alliteration, Antithesis, Personification, climax etc.

• Special Features -
• The poem is very beautiful which expresses the wonder of nature. 

• Message/ values/ morals -
• The poem tells us that we should overcome all the problems and try to get the success. It also tells us about the struggles to survive.

• Your opinion about the poem -
•  The poem is very beautiful which gives us the good message about life. It also  describes the happiness of the poet very beautifully here.