(i) Find,in the first stanza, three things that cannot happen in a treelessforest.

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

(i)The three things that cannot happen in a treeless forest are thesitting of a bird on trees, the hiding of insects and the sun buryingits feet in the shadow of the forest.

(ii)The sun radiates heat and the given words create a picture of thehot, radiating sun cooling its feet in the cool shadow of the forest.The sun’s ‘feet’ refers to its rays that reach theearth.