Through the use of literary devices such as personification, point of view, and imagery Stanley Moss, author of the poem “Lost Brother”, illustrates the resemblance of a tree and its challenges like extreme weather and dieback to real human life situations like life or death. Moss uses personification to create a connection between the reader and the author. “I knew that tree was my lost brother when I heard he was cut down.” A tree can be compared to human life because both came from mother nature.
Furthermore, in stanza two, the speaker illustrates a city in chaos but contrasts it with the image of cherry trees in bloom. The speaker illustrates
The tree was so beautiful, and the view from under it was so tranquil, and the man forgot his sorrow, and eventually he was happy. As he sat under the tree, he saw another man approaching in the distance. He was crying as he walked toward the tree, but he saw the tree’s beauty and stopped under it. The two men sat and talked of their troubles. As they talked, a third approached weeping.
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Seemingly a simple, artistic description of a tree, these words also show the changed feelings of the speaker at the end of their journey through this swamp. After all their struggles that they once found difficult to even understand, the reader suddenly pictures this beautiful, inspirational tree, signifying a new life along a new journey. That newfound optimism also signifies closure for the speaker, and proves that they are capable of overcoming anything and nthat the resulting personal growth makes all struggles worth it in the
The speaker gives factual details about the tree such as the “leaves are getting heavier” in line 13. The tree is growing old and its’ fruit is getting more difficult to “gather away.” Rationally, they are giving valid reasons as to why the tree should be cut down. Distinctively, the tone of the poem switches from a literal connotation to a more figurative voice in line 16.
An piece of symbolism is when the poem stated ‘ the bud stands for all things, even those that do not flower, for everything flowers from within. This shows that everything ‘flowers’ in their own
To deconstruct and understand this to its full extent many aspects of the two poems must be considered and analysed. The first example of this being the techniques that the author chose to use within their poems. In the poem ‘Tree’ by Alan Smith, we can identify that the poem uses personification. Smith achieved this by writing the poem from the point of view of the tree, for example, “The roots that go back into time my moss-strewn trunk, my woody girth.” This sentence is describing the tree in first person, encouraging a connection between the
In Mary Oliver's poem, the Black Walnut Tree is a symbol of their family and generations of history. The speaker and the mother are confronted with a conflict between the literal and figurative meanings of the tree. The literal meaning begins at the beginning of the poem when the speaker and the mother decide whether to sell the tree. The next half will be the transition to a figurative meaning, where the tree is a symbol that represents a family legacy passed down through generations and all the hard work that their ancestors have done for their family to this day.
The Author effectively explores the theme and tone. The poet was able to do this because she used a variety of poetic features including an extended metaphor, enjambment, and apostrophe. The poem features an extended metaphor to portray the theme of the poem. She believes that the gum tree does not belong in a city street, just as how, indigenous Australians do not belong in other locations. Instead, they should be with their families.
This kind of description shows the reader how impressive and majestic this tree is, as it puts a vivid picture in the reader’s mind as something that is not only unrivaled in terms of altitude, but it can also be seen from the sea, which highlights its stature as a wholly independent object. Old as it is, this pine is strong, and does not need any assistance from the ecosystem surrounding it. The importance of this giant tree, along with other details that make the story more interesting, is what dramatizes this young heroine’s adventure.
The poem states “something brighter than money.” This is a metaphor that explains the significance of the tree in the family's mind. Money is
What she is inferring to us is that she just admired the beauty of the tree, and didn’t admire the plant that gave that certain tree life. During the whole poem, the speaker uses a lot of metaphors to describe her gratitude towards
The agony the writer is feeling about his son 's death, as well as the hint of optimism through planting the tree is powerfully depicted through the devices of diction and imagery throughout the poem. In the first stanza the speaker describes the setting when planting the Sequoia; “Rain blacked the horizon, but cold winds kept it over the Pacific, / And the sky above us stayed the dull gray.” The speaker uses a lexicon of words such as “blackened”, “cold” and “dull gray” which all introduce a harsh and sorrowful tone to the poem. Pathetic fallacy is also used through the imagery of nature;
Additionally, “defining the wood with one feature prefigures one of the essential ideas of the poem: the insistence that a single decision can transform a life” (Robinson). This one feature, the yellow leaves, and in it the sole definition of
