(i) Where are the trees in the poem? What do their roots, their leaves, and their twigs do?

(ii) What picture do these words create in your mind: “… sun bury its feet in shadow…”? What could the poet mean by the sun’s ‘feet?’

(i) Find, in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest?

Thinking About Language. Write a page — about three paragraphs — on one of the following topics : Are you concerned about traffic and road safety? What are your concerns? How would you make road travel safer and more enjoyable?

Thinking About Language. Write a page — about three paragraphs — on one of the following topics : Have you made a journey that was unforgettable in some way? What made it memorable?

Thinking About Language. Write a page — about three paragraphs — on one of the following topics : Have you ever planned something entirely on your own, without taking grownups into your confidence? What did you plan, and how? Did you carry out your plan?