In "Dusk," please describe the meaning of the following descriptive setting. "...with his back to a strip of bush-planted sward."

"Dusk" is another classic story by Saki with a twist in
its ending that surprises us all. However, your question relates to the initial
paragraph, which builds up a description of the scene and gives us the setting for the
action that is to follow. Note the information we are given in the first two sentences
of the story:

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Norman Gortsby sat on a bench in the Park, with
his back to a strip of bush-planted sward, fenced by the park railings, and the Row
fronting him across a wide stretch of carriage drive. Hyde Park Corner, with its rattle
and hoot of traffic, lay immediately to his
right.

Now, "bush-planted
sward" refers to a stretch of grass or turf and obviously refers to the grassy backing
that Norman Gortsby sits against. Note the way in which the sounds of the setting are
brought to life through the onomatopoeia of Hyde Park Corner with its "rattle and hoot
of traffic." Thus the first two sentences of this story give us important descriptive
details and also create the setting where the action will occur.