Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now | 1st Year English Book 3

Here are the notes of the poem “Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now” for the students of 1st year. 11th class students belong to all Boards of Punjab can read these “Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now” book-3 notes online or they can also download them by clicking on the download button below.

Reference to the Context

These lines have been taken from the poem “Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now” by A. E. Housman. In this poem, the poet says that the cherry is the loveliest tree in the world. The cherry tree is full of flowers covered with snow. It looks as if it were wearing a white dress to welcome the spring season.

Explanation

In the given lines the poet is depicting the charming spring scene of a cherry tree in full bloom. The cherry tree is full of flowers. It is covered with snow, which makes it look like dressing in white for celebrating Easter. The poet says that he has lost the first twenty years of his life because he could not enjoy the beauty of the cherry tree during that time. He has therefore decided to spend every moment of his life in the company of the cherry tree to make up for that loss.

Questions and Answers

Q. When does cherry bloom and how does it look like?
Ans. The cherry tree blooms in the spring season before Easter in April. It is full of flowers and covered with snow. Therefore, it looks as it was wearing a white dress for the celebrations of Easter.

Synonyms

1. Who is the poet of this poem? (A.E. Housman)
2. Loveliest of trees, the cherry now    Is hung with bloom along the bough (flowers)
3. IS hung with bloom along the bough (branch, stem, stalk, limb)
4. Ans stands about the woodland ride (forest, woods, jungle)
5. Ans stands about the woodland ride (way, path)
6. Wearing white for the Easter tide (time, season)
7. Now of my three score years and ten (seventy years)
8. And take from seventy springs a score (twenty)
9. Fifty springs are little room (time, age, period)