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Shvoong Home>Books>Poetry>Summary of “the Laburnum Top” by Ted Hughes Review

Summary of “the Laburnum Top” by Ted Hughes

Book Review   by:akso6o175     Original Author: Andy Kester Sawian
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  The top of the Laburnum; a short tree with hanging branches, yellow flowers and poisonous seeds: any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum,  of the legume family, having elongated clusters of pendulous yellow flowers, esp. L. alpinum,  the Scotch laburnum; is quite still and silent in the yellow afternoon of the September sunlight. The leaves of this tree are turning yellow and all its seeds are falling slowly.
                When the goldfinch; a small singing bird with yellow feathers on its wings; a European finch, Carduelis carduelis, having a crimson face and wings marked with yellow: any of certain related American finches of the genus Carduelis, as C. tristis, the male of which has yellow body plumage in the summer; comes with a twitching chirrup of suddenness, a Startlement; to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm: to cause to start involuntarily, by or as by a sudden shock: at a branch end. Just like a lizard which is sleek alert and abrupt she enters the thick branches of the Laburnum and starts up the machine of chitterlings; the small intestine of swine, esp. when prepared as food; a tremor of wings and Trillings. The whole tree trembles and thrills which is the engine of the goldfinch’s family. She stokes; to poke, stir up, and feed (a fire): to tend the fire of (a furnace, esp. one used with a boiler to generate steam for an engine); supply with fuel: to shake up the coals of a fire: to tend a fire or furnace: the tree completely and flirts out to a branch-end, showing her barred face identity mask.
                  Then with an eerie; Inspiring inexplicable fear, dread, or uneasiness; strange and frightening: Suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; delicate whistle-chirrup whisperings, she launches away towards the infinite; immeasurably great: indefinitely or exceedingly great: unlimited or immeasurable in extent of space, duration of time, etc.: unbounded or unlimited; boundless; endless: and the laburnum subsides; to sink to a low or lower level; to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate: to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate: to empty.
Published: July 12, 2010   
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  1. Answer   Question  :    who is the author of this poem? ( 3 Answers ) View All
  1. Answer  :    Ted Hughes Tuesday, March 05, 2013
  1. Answer  :    TEG HUGHES Friday, February 01, 2013
  1. Answer  :    ted hughes Wednesday, December 05, 2012
  1. Answer   Question  :    whats the symbolism in this poem? View All
  1. Answer   Question  :    What is the meaning of 'barred face identity mask'? ( 2 Answers ) View All
  1. Answer  :    Barred faced identity mask means..... The thickness of trees(branches of the tree)hide her face and act like a mask and as she pokes out of the tree,the mask is gone. ( branches@ bars and leaves@mask) Sunday, September 16, 2012
  1. Answer  :    the lines on the face of the bird became her identity Sunday, July 22, 2012
  1. Answer   Question  :    Is this a very great poem with a very great meaning?? ( 3 Answers ) View All
  1. Answer  :    i think it is.. Sunday, February 17, 2013
  1. Answer  :    Yess... Thursday, August 09, 2012
  1. Answer  :    yes Saturday, July 14, 2012
  1. Answer   Question  :    is the meaning os simple ? doent it have any depth meaning or any relation with anything of our life ? View All
  1. Answer   Question  :    what is eerie delicate? ( 1 Answer ) View All
  1. Answer  :    in a strangely caring tone Wednesday, June 13, 2012
  1. Answer   Question  :    the summary should be more easy to understand the poetry of the summary.. View All
  1. Answer   Question  :    describe the laburnum tree? ( 2 Answers ) View All
  1. Answer  :    a short tree with hanging branches,yellow flowers and poisonous seeds Wednesday, August 22, 2012
  1. Answer  :    a short tree with hanging branches, yellow flowers and poisonous seeds: any of several small trees belonging to the genus Laburnum Sunday, March 04, 2012
  1. Answer   Question  :    Is this poem useless? ( 2 Answers ) View All
  1. Answer  :    absolutely Sunday, March 03, 2013
  1. Answer  :    yeah ... Friday, September 07, 2012
  1. Answer   Question  :    identity mask ( 1 Answer ) View All
  1. Answer  :    lines on the face of bird...which is its identity Sunday, February 17, 2013
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  1. 7. Mean

    GOOD explaination

    hi it was great.IF you people dont undrstand why bother to study atleast this person tried to give an explaination.KEEP IT UP DUDE....!

    1 Rating Saturday, April 14, 2012
  2. 6.

    PERFECT

    I LIKE IT,PERFECT A-LEVEL EXPLANATION IS GIVEN...

    0 Rating Saturday, January 07, 2012
  3. 5. Divyanka

    labournum top

    This should be in simple words so that any one can understand it. this is simply written in bookish language.

    0 Rating Thursday, September 29, 2011
  4. 4. bineesh

    topic

    plz dont lift\copy articles directly from the book ...........

    3 Rating Monday, September 19, 2011
  5. 3. ishita

    review on summary

    pathetic..did not understand it properly!!!should be explained it a decent manner.. :(

    1 Rating Sunday, September 18, 2011
  6. 2. anonymous

    laburnum top

    it'd be better if it would be simpler coz its too complicated . but all in all great explanation.

    1 Rating Friday, August 19, 2011
  7. 1. pooja

    kumari

    nice explanation thanxxxxx

    1 Rating Monday, July 18, 2011
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