{"id":3461,"date":"2020-12-07T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/?p=3461"},"modified":"2021-07-02T15:01:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T09:31:46","slug":"kseeb-sslc-class-10-english-solutions-poem-chapter-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/kseeb-sslc-class-10-english-solutions-poem-chapter-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka Class 10 English Solutions Poem Chapter 5 A Poison Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every chapter available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/kseeb-sslc-class-10-english-solutions\/\">KSEEB SSLC Class 10 English Solutions<\/a> subject is explained clearly in an easy way. Learn the depth concept by referring to the Chapter wise A Poison Tree Questions and Answers Pdf, Notes, Summary Class 10 English Karnataka State Board Solutions. Have a look at every topic and get the complete knowledge on the English subject. Just refer to Karnataka Class 10 English Poem Chapter 5 A Poison Tree pdf and have a grip on the total subject.<\/p>\n<h2>A Poison Tree Poem Questions and Answers, Notes, Summary<\/h2>\n<p>I believe that the best book is like a best friend to know the complete world by sitting in one place. When you have the best book you have many options to get great knowledge. Selecting the best book will lead to reaching your goal. Students who are looking for the best book to learn English can use Karnataka Board Solutions for Class 10 English Chapter 5 A Poison Tree. Immediately start your learning with Karnataka Board Class 10 English Solutions Pdf.<\/p>\n<p>Comprehension Questions<\/p>\n<p>I. Answer the following questions briefly.<\/p>\n<p>Question 1.<br \/>\nWhat happened when the speaker expressed his anger?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe anger ended when the speaker expressed his anger.<\/p>\n<p>Question 2.<br \/>\nWhat happened when the speaker suppressed his anger?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nWhen the speaker suppressed his anger, it only grew.<\/p>\n<p>Question 3.<br \/>\nHow are the results differ in the two instances?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nExpression of anger in the first instance relieves the person of all ill-feeling, whereas suppression of anger in the second instance poisons him all the more because it grows.<\/p>\n<p>Question 4.<br \/>\nWhen the poet is thinking about his anger, the picture of a tree comes to his mind. Which word in the first stanza suggests a tree?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n\u2018grow\u2019. The pronoun, \u2018it\u2019 implies that the poet is talking about a tree. The line Till it bore an apple bright;\u2019 supports this answer.<\/p>\n<p>Question 5.<br \/>\nThe speaker helped his anger to grow. The second stanza mentions the different ways in which he helped his anger grow. What are the different ways?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe speaker watered it in fears, night and morning with his tears and sunned it with smiles.<\/p>\n<p>Question 6.<br \/>\n\u201cWater\u2019d it in fears\u201d suggests that<br \/>\na. the speaker did not have the courage to express his anger<br \/>\nb. the speaker was afraid of the consequences<br \/>\nc. the speaker didn\u2019t want to displease his enemy<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n(b) the speaker was afraid of the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Question 7.<br \/>\nThe word \u2018tears\u2019 suggests that<br \/>\na. the speaker too suffered for suppressing his anger<br \/>\nb. the enemy suffered<br \/>\nc. the speaker had to go through a lot of anxiety<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n(c) the speaker had to go through a lot of anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Question 8.<br \/>\n\u201csunned it with smiles\u201d suggests that<br \/>\na. the speaker cunningly hid his anger with bright smiles<br \/>\nb. the speaker pretended that he was not angry<br \/>\nc. the speaker let his anger grow secretly<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n(a) the speaker cunningly hid his anger with bright smiles.<\/p>\n<p>Question 9.<br \/>\nWhich line tells you that the speaker is a scheminfl&amp;and cunning friend?<br \/>\nAnswer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>And I sunnedii with smiles<\/li>\n<li>And with soft deceitful wiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Question 10.<br \/>\nThe second stanza continues the image (picture) of a tree suggested in the first stanza. Which words in the second stanza refer to a growing<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n\u201cWater\u2019dHsunned it\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Question 11.<br \/>\nThe poet, &#8216;so far, has been talking about<br \/>\na. his suppressed anger<br \/>\nb. a growing tree<br \/>\nc. both<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n(a) his suppressed anger.<\/p>\n<p>Question 12.<br \/>\nWhat kind of a tree and fruit (here apple) can grow when they are nurtured by fears, tears, hypocritical smiles and deceitful wiles?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nA poison tree with poisonous fruits.<\/p>\n<p>Question 13.<br \/>\nThe word \u2018it\u2019 occurs in all the four lines of the 3rd stanza. What does \u2018it\u2019 refer to in each line?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n\u2018It\u2019 in the first line of the 3rd stanza refers to the speaker\u2019s suppressed anger. In the 2nd line, it refers to a poison tree, In the third and fourth lines, it refers to a bright poisonous apple.<\/p>\n<p>Question 14.<br \/>\n\u201cApple\u201d in the poem refers to<br \/>\na. the forbidden but tempting apple in the garden of Eden (in The Bible)<br \/>\nb. the consequence of suppressing anger<br \/>\nc. the fruit of his enmity<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n(b) the consequence of suppressing anger.<\/p>\n<p>Question 15.<br \/>\nThe apple is \u2018bright\u2019 because<br \/>\na. it is intended to attract the foe<br \/>\nb. it is intended to tempt the foe<br \/>\nc. it is cunningly devised to hide the bitterness<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n(c) it is cunningly devised to hide the bitterness.<\/p>\n<p>Question 16.<br \/>\nWho \u201cstole&#8221; into the speaker\u2019s garden?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe enemy<\/p>\n<p>Question 17.<br \/>\nThe word \u201cstole\u201d means<br \/>\na. that the enemy stole the apple<br \/>\nb. that the enemy entered the speaker\u2019s garden stealthily<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n(b) that the enemy entered the speaker\u2019s garden stealthily.<\/p>\n<p>Question 18.<br \/>\nWhat does the speaker see in the morning?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe speaker sees his enemy dead under the apple tree in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>Question 19.<br \/>\nWhy, do you think, \u201cdies\u201d at the end? Is it only the enemy? Does the speaker also die? What kind of death \u2018 does he die?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe enemy is physically and truly dead. But the speaker also suffers a lot of guilt for having caused this death. Though he is alive physically, he is emotionally dead.<\/p>\n<p>Question 20.<br \/>\n\u201cA Poison Tree\u201d could refer to<br \/>\na. the tree of hatred and enmity grew by the seed of suppressed anger<br \/>\nb. the destructive effect of being hypocritical and deceitful<br \/>\nc. the spiritual death of a person for nurturing base passions<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nAll of the above.<\/p>\n<p>II. Close Study:<\/p>\n<p>Read the following extracts .carefully. Discuss in pairs and then write the answers to the questions given below them:<\/p>\n<p>Question 1.<br \/>\n\u201cAnd into my garden stole\/when the night had veiled the pole\u201d.<br \/>\na) Who stole into the garden?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe speaker\u2019s enemy stole into the garden.<\/p>\n<p>b) Why did he steal into the garden?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nHe came stealthily to steal the apple from the speaker\u2019s apple tree.<\/p>\n<p>c) Explain the phrase \u2018veiled the pole\u2019.<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nVeil\u2019d\u2019 means \u2018covers\u2019. It can also mean \u2018deliberately hide in order to fool someone.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Question 2.<br \/>\nAnd I sunned it with smiles And with soft deceitful wiles<br \/>\na) What does the word \u201csunned\u2019 suggest?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nAs long as the speaker smiles hypocritically, his anger with his foe continues to grow. Thus, his smiles are acting upon his anger like sunshine, helping it to grow.<\/p>\n<p>b) Explain the phrase \u201cdeceitful wiles\u201d<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\n\u2018Deceitful\u2019 means \u2018deliberately done in order to fool someone\u2019. The speaker pretends to be friendly with his enemy by behaving in a very sweet manner.<\/p>\n<p>c) Why had the speaker \u201csunned\u201d it?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe speaker was afraid to express his anger with his enemy. Hence he pretended to be friendly and happy with him. This pretence only made his anger grow.<\/p>\n<p>III. Paragraph Writing<\/p>\n<p>Discuss, in pairs or groups of 4 each, the answers to the following questions. Note down the important points and then develop them into a paragraph.<\/p>\n<p>Question 1.<br \/>\nHow does the poet use the image of a tree to bring out the destructive effect of suppressed anger?<br \/>\nAnswer:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The speaker waters his suppressed anger with fears and tears.<\/li>\n<li>He \u2018suns\u2019 it with smiles and deceitful wiles.<\/li>\n<li>The tree grows both day and night, and bears a bright apple.<\/li>\n<li>When the foe eats the apple, he dies.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Paragraph: The speaker does not tell his friend that he is angry with him. As a result, his anger grows. His growing anger is traced through the growth of a tree. Just as a tree is watered and provided with sunlight for its growth so does the speaker nurture his anger with fears, tears, fake smiles and wicked tricks. The tree of anger bears an apple that shines bright like the apple in the garden of Eden. It attracts the friend and he<br \/>\nsteals it by night when the speaker was not looking. The result, the apple from the poisonous tree killed the friend. The speaker too dies spiritually for allowing anger to grow and for rejoicing in the death of his friend.<\/p>\n<p>IV. Activities:<br \/>\nDiscuss the following in groups of 4 each. One in each group notes down the important points. Share the group\u2019s findings with the neighbouring group.<\/p>\n<p>Question 1.<br \/>\nDo you think the speaker was right in being \u2018glad\u2019 at his foe\u2019s death? Why? Why not?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nAll along the speaker had been afraid of his enemy and hence had not been able to express his anger. But he was not able to forget his anger too. Therefore he had nurtured it with fears, hypocritical smiles and deceitful wiles. When the enemy ate the poisonous apple and died, the speaker realized that he did not have to fear anyone or pretend anymore. So he was glad at his death. Considering the circumstances in which the speaker lived while the enemy was alive, it was natural on his part to feel \u2018glad\u2019 at the enemy\u2019s death. If he had expressed sorrow, it would have been insincerity and pretence on his part.<\/p>\n<p>Question 2.<br \/>\nWhat has happened to his own garden now with a poison tree? Was he happy in growing a poison tree?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe speaker\u2019s own life will definitely not be happy with a poison tree in his garden. His own life has been wasted thinking about the enemy and plotting against him all the time. He has surely not found satisfaction or achieved pride in growing a poison tree which can destroy the enemy. After the enemy\u2019s death, the speaker will be tortured by guilt and shame.<\/p>\n<p>Question 3.<br \/>\nHow could he have avoided planting a poisonous tree?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe speaker could have expressed his anger with the enemy. He could have talked about the hurt he felt, and asked the enemy for an explanation. This would have given an outlet to his emotions and rendered his mind clear.<\/p>\n<p>Question 4.<br \/>\nRead the 4 rhyming words of stanza 3. Which vowel sound is repeated?<br \/>\nAnswer:<br \/>\nThe four rhyming words of the stanza are -\u2018night\u2019, \u2018bright\u2019, \u2018shine\u2019, \u2018mine\u2019. The vowel sound \u2018ai\u2019 is repeated.<\/p>\n<h3>A Poison Tree Poem Summary in English<\/h3>\n<p>The poet says that he was angry with his friend but he explained the reason of his anger and so he was satisfied and continued his friendship. He was also angry with his enemy but he did not tell him as much. His anger against his enemy increased day by day.<\/p>\n<p>He allowed the enmity to grow with fear. He shed tears day and night for not being able to express his feelings to his enemy. He appeared to be happy in the external world and he used to smile to cover his anger.<\/p>\n<p>The tree of enmity began to grow as he nourished it day and night with fears and tears. It bore a fruit which the enemy saw with eager eyes. Knowing that it was my fruit, he stole one night into my garden.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning I was happy to see &#8211; my enemy lying dead under the tree. Because it was a Poison Tree.<\/p>\n<h3>A Poison Tree Poem Summary in Kannada<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82467\" src=\"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A-Poison-Tree-Poem-Summary-in-Kannada-1.png\" alt=\"A Poison Tree Poem Summary in Kannada 1\" width=\"558\" height=\"868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A-Poison-Tree-Poem-Summary-in-Kannada-1.png 558w, https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A-Poison-Tree-Poem-Summary-in-Kannada-1-193x300.png 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82468\" src=\"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A-Poison-Tree-Poem-Summary-in-Kannada-2.png\" alt=\"A Poison Tree Poem Summary in Kannada 2\" width=\"543\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A-Poison-Tree-Poem-Summary-in-Kannada-2.png 543w, https:\/\/kseebsolutions.guru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/A-Poison-Tree-Poem-Summary-in-Kannada-2-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hope all the information given regarding Karnataka Class 10 English Chapter 5 A Poison Tree will help you to get good knowledge. 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