English Language & Literature — CBSE Class 10 board question

When the trees move out of the house, it loses its natural warmth and life. The smell of leaves and lichen still reaches into the rooms, and the poet's head is full of whispers — but these will be silent by morning. The moon, earlier shining whole, is shattered like a broken mirror as the trees push through the glass, stumbling into the night. The house is left empty, just as the forest had been empty before. The departure signals a return to nature and leaves the house stripped of its living, breathing presence.

Source: The Trees (Poem), Chapter 5

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The question asks about the effect on the house when the trees leave. Focus on:

• The glass breaking as trees force their way out
• The lingering smell of leaves and lichen (temporary)
• The moon's image changing from whole to broken
• The house becoming empty/silent — a reversal of the earlier empty forest

Examiners expect you to use evidence from the poem (glass breaking, moon broken like a mirror, whispers going silent) and link it to the idea of the house losing its natural essence.