Gulmohar 7 - Madhobi The young spring flower - Answers

Understanding the Poem
1. “Is in a rush to leave; As soon as it arrives”:
These two lines show that Madhobi is a short-
lived fl ower.
2. The words, “sudden wave
of splendour” describe how the flower was at the time it appeared.
3. The leaves urge the fl ower to stay. The stars in the sky want
to have it with them.
4. The southern wind tries quietly to take the flower along.
5. The flower does not speak anything in
the poem.
6. The leaves try the hardest
to have the fl ower with them. They make
repeated appeals to the fl ower to not leave
them.
7. The size of the fl ower is
understood when the wind calls it ‘little one’. Its season of bloom, spring, is mentioned in the title and the fi rst line of the poem.
8. What the poet sees: stars in the heaven,
leaves encircling the blossom, the infi nite blue
sinking into the twilight, the night of the full
moon receding, dancing leaves, disappearing
fl ower. What the poet imagines: leaves
crying and protesting, stars exclaiming, wind
murmuring.
Appreciating the Poem
1. He uses the words protest, exclaim,
whisper, murmur and plead instead of said.
2. The leaves are shown to be whispering and
pleading; the stars are shown to be exclaiming
and the southern breeze is indicated to be
murmuring.