• What sound does the poet identify as the tree’s “lament”?
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  • In which European countries does she recall hearing the tree’s mystical lament while abroad?
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  • Which English poet’s sacred yew-trees are invoked as a parallel for immortalising the casuarina?
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  • What defence does the poet invoke so the tree will never be forgotten?
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  • How long has it been raining continuously on Venus when the story opens?
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  • What is the one thing Margot remembers that the other children do not?
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  • Why do the other children resent Margot?
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  • What “crime” do the children commit just before the Sun appears?
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  • How long does the Sun stay out on Venus?
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  • What is the first sign that the brief sunny period is ending?
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