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1. 1.

   Each year it gave me fruit and shade, and drew
   Me to my home again.

   1. What is the speaker talking about in these lines?
   2. How did it draw the speaker home again?
2. 2.

   I loved to sit beneath her shady boughs,
   And rest up for a while,
   To gaze out upon the distant blue hills,
   With laughter and a smile.

   1. What do we understand when the speaker refers to the tree as 'her' in these lines?
   2. What did the speaker love about the tamarind?
3. 3.

   And now that I'm back, I'm eager to find,

   1. What is the speaker eager to find?
   2. Does she find what she is looking for?
4. 4.

   Then I stop and I stare; I stand quite still
   I listen to my heart.

   1. What makes the speaker 'stop', 'stare' and 'stand quite still'?
   2. What do these lines convey about the speaker's feelings?
5. 5.

   That magnificent tree, that was my life,
   Has just been ripped apart.

   1. What has happened to the tree?
   2. How important was the tree to the speaker? How do we know this?
6. 6.

   The speaker says, Nobody knows where my Tamarind stood. What do we understand from these lines?