Know the Summary, Theme, Analysis, Literary devices and related Questions and Answers of the poem:
The Laburnum Top:-
Analysis
The poem The Laburnum Top is a free verse poem written in 15 lines. In the first stanza of the poem, the poet used literary devices like alliteration (September sunlight), consonance (consonant 'S' is prominent in the second line) and assonance (vowel 'I' is prominent in the first line). In the second stanza of the poem, the poet used literary devices simile (sleek as a lizard), metaphor (as a machine), alliteration (the thickness and tree trembles). Now coming to the ending of the poem, the poet used poetic devices like the metaphor (It is the engine of her family). And throughout the poem, the poet also used onomatopoeia many times in the poem like chirrup, chittering, trillings, whistle-chirrup whisperings.
Summary
In the poem, The poet portrays his experience of what he witnesses about the Laburnum tree. The poem starts by portraying how the leaves of the tree are yellow. Also, he observes that the treetop remains silent even within the month of September. Due to the autumn season, the tree has lost all its leaves and also the seeds are on the bottom. Most noteworthy, the poet uses ‘yellow’ to explain both, the leaves colour and therefore the sunlight. Over here, yellow represents silence, death and sweetness. Thus, he uses this color and describes the full setting perfectly. After that, he notices that the death-like scene of the tree involves an end when a goldfinch bird perches thereon.The tree produces a quick chirrup sound upon the bird’s arrival. He compares the quickness, speed and application of the bird thereto of a lizard. When she starts moving to the thickness of the branch, the nestlings start chirping and flapping their wings. Thus, because of this movement, the tree also starts shaking and thrilling. Thus, we see how the poet gives two contrasting scenarios while representing the tree. First was that it had been death-like so it gains life after the bird lands thereon. Further, the poet finally realizes that the goldfinch bird and also the tree are the engines of her family. When she brings food for the tiny birdies, she moves to the tip of the opposite branch. it's a striped face which is dark in colour. Thenceforth, her body is yellow and thus blends in with the yellow leaves of the tree. Lastly, after reaching the branch end, she makes a pretty sweet chirping sound. The poet compares this sound to whispering as she flies away within the limitless sky.
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