It had grown six feet high the poet couldn’t believe that it was the same tree that he planted in which dark cherries had grown. The poet goes to Kashmir next year to spend a season and when he came back, he became thinner and rather poor but on the other hand, the tree grew richer at the door. The poet waited and watched the tree grow while the time passed and it rained, how the tree survived even in pain. Who watched, wandering, while Time and the rain The young cherry tree struggled to grow upward however its branches managed to grow fiercely upwards to get light air and sun. The thin stem of the plant dried and even then, by the spring the tree managed to survive and the poet saw three new shoots grow. Goats came and ate the leaves of the plant Grasscutter had split the plant apart and even the monsoon damaged the plant. The tree was so small that it wasn’t even visible amongst the long grasses. The tree was very small and almost five months old.

Next spring I watched three new shoots grow,

Goats ate the leaves, the grass cutter scythe Line 9-17 It was very small, five months child, Suddenly that summer by the end of May the poet notices a tree growing from the place he planted the seed. The poet explains that cherries can grow even when they are not being taken care of, they can grow naturally without having to water every day He did it so that he could have a tree that he could claim but after he watered it once he forgot about it and went to bed. The poet says that it has been eight years since he planted a cherry seed in the grass. Though no one's caring very much or knowing.Īnd suddenly that summer near the end of May, Since I placed my cherry seed in the grass.Īnd forgot but cherries have a way of growing, The poem is realistic as it describes the everyday struggle of a plant to mature into a blooming tree. The tone used is optimism which means that the poet focuses on the growing aspect of nature and how the cherry plant struggles to survive. The poem talks about nature thus, it falls under the category of nature poetry. The poem deals with the poet’s feeling of great joy over a tree that he planted and took eight years to grow. The title of the poem is related to the central character i.e., a cherry tree whose journey from planting to upward growth to the blossomed tree is given. He considered himself richer having a cherry tree at his door.

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