The laburnum top
THE LABURNUM TOP The laburnum top is written by... Ted Huges The poem revolves around a Laburnum tree and a Goldfinch bird . The laburnum tree is pretty quiet in the yellow September light. Due to the Autumn season , the tree has lost all its leaves and the seeds are on the ground . Yellow represents silence , death and beauty . The port notices that the deadth like scene of the tree comes to an end when a Goldfinch bird perches on it . The tree makes a sudden chirrup sound upon the bird's arrival . He compares the quickness, speed and alertness of the bird to that of a lizard . When she starts moving towards the thickness of the branch, the nestling start chirping and flapping their wings . Thus , due to this movement , the tree also starts shaking and thrilling . The goldfinch bird and the tree are the engines of her family . The body of the goldfinch bird is yellow and thus blends in with the yellow leav...