Studies in English Language and Literature

Stanza 1 Just as an enormous python meandering itself round its victim and kills it, a creeper twists round the rough trunk of the casuarina tree up to the treetop. There are deep scars on the rugged trunk of the tree left by the creeper. Anyway, the creeper cannot kill the casuarina tree. Making a fun of the creeper, the vast tree wears it like a scarf, as if it is its embellishment. The scarlet flowers bloom among the long branches of the tree hanging in clusters. The birds and bees gather there when it is daytime, and at night, now and then, the garden, where the casuarina tree stands straight, is flooded with a unique melodious song of the bird, when people sleep in their houses.   Stanza 2 At daybreak, the poet-cum-speaker opens her window open. She becomes engrossed with the loveliness and magnificence of the tree. It is mostly in winter when a baboon sits still like a statue on the tree. It stays busy staring sullenly at the sunrise. The young baboons jump and play b...