Why is the name of the chapter laburnum top and not laburnum tree? chapter laburnum top
class XI

The name of the poem is 'Laburnum Top' and not Laburnum Tree because on the top of the tree, the goldfinch made its nest and helped the tree gain its life back.

Explanation:

The name of the poem is 'Laburnum Top' and not Laburnum Tree because the poem focuses on the beauty brought by the Goldfinch sitting on the top. The tree lacked beauty and cheerfulness. After the arrival of the goldfinch, the tree becomes lively and the silence is curbed. With the season of Autumn, the leaves of the tree and its beauty has been lost. The appearance of the tree was more inclined towards death. When the goldfinch arrived and made its nest on the top of the tree, the tree started to gain life. The chirping of the birds and the flapping of their wings helped the tree to restart its dull life. The top of the Laburnum tree was where the bird made its nest. It brought life and broke the silence of the tree.

b. The pirates whose absence Arabella laments are Leon and Paul.

Explanation:

"Atonement" by Ian McEwan tells the story of the main protagonist Briony and her life during the Second World War. It starts with her younger days till her adulthood, introspecting and looking back at what she had experienced and done that led to her writing of the play "The Trials of Arabella".

In the play, Briony included several ironic events that are reflective of the rel life events that will later be seen in the whole story, her own life story. Arabella was a character in the play that was composed by Briony. But out of the options given in the question, the pirates that Arabella laments as absent are Leon and Paul is wrong. This sentence is not part of the ironic events that Briony will include from her real life events.