The Banyan Tree Comments
O you shaggy-headed banyan tree standing on the bank of the pond,
have you forgotten the little chile, like the birds that have
nested in your branches and left you?
Do you not remember how he sat at the window and wondered at
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The poet compares the “shadow wriggling”on the water to “sleep struggling to wake up”.Do you think the comparrison is appropriate? Why
Why does the huge black shadow of the tree wriggle when the women come to the pond?
What does the word Shaggymean? Does the word aptly describe a banyan tree?
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7/18/2025 8:07:14 PM # 1.0.0
The poet uses this comparison because just the way a shadow twists and turns on the waves, similarly a person twists and turns his body while waking up from sleep.