The Heart of the Tree

Question 1

Stanza 1

Answer 1

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Question 2

Stanza 2

Answer 2

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Question 3

Stanza 3

Answer 3

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Question 4

Alliteration in the Heart of the Tree

Answer 4

he plants a home to heaven anigh(h is repeated)

Question 5

Metonymy in The Heart of the Tree

Answer 5

In this poem, the phrases “cool shade”, “tender rain”, “sap and leaf and wood” are all metonymy for trees

Question 6

Hypophora in The Heart of the Tree

Answer 6

The poet uses hypophora in the repetition of the phrase “What does he plant who plants a tree?” in order to emphasise the importance of trees(which is the central theme of the poem)

Question 7

Metaphor in The Heart of the Tree

Answer 7

Metaphor is used in the Heart of the Tree in the phrase “Plants the flag of breezes free” where trees are compared to flags of “breezes free” in order to create the image of the tree as a “flag” in the reader’s mind.

Question 8

Transferred epithet in The Heart of the Tree

Answer 8

The transferred epithet “Happy twilight” is used in the Heart of the Tree since happy is an adjective usually given to people and not to a twilight in order to glorify the effect of the “song” of the birds in the tree planted.

Question 9

Enumeration in The Heart of the Tree

Answer 9

The poem enumerates three different benefits of planting trees

Question 10

Personification in The Heart of the Tree

Answer 10

The poetic device personification is used in the poem ‘The Heart of the Tree’ in the phrase “friend of sun and sky” in order to elucidate the role of trees in keeping the air clean.

Question 11

Polysydenton in The Heart of the Tree

Answer 11

Polysydenton is used in The Heart of the Tree in the repetition of ‘and’ in “sap and leaf and wood” in order to emphasise the materials making up a tree