MC Poetry Poem Analysis when Autumn Came Questions

answer all the questions that follow in detail:

This is the way that autumn came to the trees:

it stripped them down to the skin,

left their ebony bodies naked.

It shook out their hearts, the yellow leaves,

scattered them over the ground.

Anyone could trample them out of shape

undisturbed by a single moan of protest…

…

Oh, God of May, have mercy.

Bless these withered bodies

with the passion of your resurrection;

make their dead veins flow with blood again.

Faiz, “When Autumn Came”

1. This poem uses extended symbolism. How do you know the trees represent something other than themselves (refer specifically to the language of the poem here!)?

2. Given what you know about Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s country of birth, the conflicts he witnessed, the colonial heritage, and his political convictions, what do you think the trees symbolize?  What might the resurrection symbolize?