Nature's Beauty: The Laburnum Top Poem Analysis
ATOMIC ENERGY EDUCATION SOCIETY
CHAPTER-02
POEM – THE LABURNUM TOP
MODULE-01/01
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
CLASS -11
Prepared By: Mr F. JAMES (PGT-SS)
AECS-1, JADUGUDA
CHAPTER-02
THE LABURNUM TOP
-
TED HUGHES
INTRODUCTION TO THE POEM
This short poem just depicts a scene in
the wilderness. Laburnum tree stands
there, silent and still. It has a nest built
on it. The little mother bird goldfinch
arrives to meet and feed her young ones.
Sitting at one end of a branch, it gives a
signal sound. The young ones recognise
their mother's voice and start chirping
together like some engine.
CHAPTER-02
THE LABURNUM TOP
-
TED HUGHES
INTRODUCTION TO THE POEM
The bird, alert and swift, makes her way to
the nest. When the purpose of her visit to
meet and feed the little ones is accomplished,
she flies away. This is how the cycle of life
and multiplication goes on in nature. It is all
instinctive. The mother bird makes her nest
amongst the thick leaves of a tree. It brings
up her chicks until they are strong enough to
fly and find their food on their own.
POEM- THE LABURNUM TOP
The laburnum top is silent, quite still
In the afternoon yellow September sunlight,
A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen.
Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup
A suddenness a startlement, at a branch end.
Then sleek as a lizard and alert, and abrupt,
She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up
Of chitterlings, and a tremor of wings, and trillings.
POEM- THE LABURNUM TOP
The whole tree trembles and thrills.
It is the engine of her family,
She stokes it full, then flirts out to a branch-end.
Showing her barred face identity mask.
Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings
She launches away, towards the infinite.
And the laburnum subsides to empty.
Word meanings/Phrases
Laburnum –
A short tree with yellow flowers and
poisonous seeds
Goldfinch –
a small singing bird
Startlement –
surprise
Sleek-
smooth and glossy
Abrupt-
sudden
Machine starts up-
The young chicks start making a
harsh noise
Word meanings/Phrases
Trillings -
confused noise
Trembles –
shakes
Stokes –
Arouses the noise
Flirts -
flies out suddenly
Barred -
With several stripes
Eerie -
Strange
Subsides -
returns
THANK YOU
Exploring Ted Hughes's poem "The Laburnum Top" unveils a serene scene in the wilderness where a goldfinch tends to her young ones in a laburnum tree. The poem beautifully captures the instinctive cycle of life, depicting the mother bird's nurturing instincts and the harmonious connection with nature.
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ATOMIC ENERGY EDUCATION SOCIETY SUBJECT ENGLISH CLASS -11 CHAPTER-02 POEM THE LABURNUM TOP MODULE-01/01 Prepared By: Mr F. JAMES (PGT-SS) AECS-1, JADUGUDA
CHAPTER-02 THE LABURNUM TOP -TED HUGHES INTRODUCTION TO THE POEM This short poem just depicts a scene in the wilderness. Laburnum tree stands there, silent and still. It has a nest built on it. The little mother bird goldfinch arrives to meet and feed her young ones. Sitting at one end of a branch, it gives a signal sound. The young ones recognise their mother's voice and start chirping together like some engine.
CHAPTER-02 THE LABURNUM TOP -TED HUGHES INTRODUCTION TO THE POEM The bird, alert and swift, makes her way to the nest. When the purpose of her visit to meet and feed the little ones is accomplished, she flies away. This is how the cycle of life and multiplication goes on in nature. It is all instinctive. The mother bird makes her nest amongst the thick leaves of a tree. It brings up her chicks until they are strong enough to fly and find their food on their own.
POEM- THE LABURNUM TOP The laburnum top is silent, quite still In the afternoon yellow September sunlight, A few leaves yellowing, all its seeds fallen. Till the goldfinch comes, with a twitching chirrup A suddenness a startlement, at a branch end. Then sleek as a lizard and alert, and abrupt, She enters the thickness, and a machine starts up Of chitterlings, and a tremor of wings, and trillings.
POEM- THE LABURNUM TOP The whole tree trembles and thrills. It is the engine of her family, She stokes it full, then flirts out to a branch-end. Showing her barred face identity mask. Then with eerie delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings She launches away, towards the infinite. And the laburnum subsides to empty.
Word meanings/Phrases Laburnum A short tree with yellow flowers and poisonous seeds Goldfinch a small singing bird Startlement surprise Sleek- smooth and glossy Abrupt- sudden Machine starts up- The young chicks start making a harsh noise
Word meanings/Phrases Trillings - confused noise Trembles shakes Stokes Arouses the noise Flirts - flies out suddenly Barred - With several stripes Eerie - Strange Subsides - returns
