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    POETIC DEVICES

    Poem ‘THE TREES’

    Rhyme scheme: There is no rhyme scheme in the


    poem. It’s written in ‘free verse’
    Imagery: The words and phrases in the poem create
    their visual representations in mind. It is done
    through the use of figurative language to create
    pictures and visuals in the mind of the readers to
    convey the views and thoughts of the poet. In short,
    the poem floats and moves through or imagination.
    whole poem keeps creating visuals in our mind
    about the struggle of the trees and different
    incidents and happenings associated with it.
    See the following examples:
    • The trees inside are moving out into the forest.
    • The forest that was empty all these days

    where no bird could sit …


    • Like newly discharged patients

    half-dazed, moving
    to the clinic doors …..
    • The glass is breaking

    The trees are stumbling forward ….


    • Its pieces flash now in the crown of the tallest

    oak.
    Simile: It is used to draw a clear comparison
    between two or more things or people having same
    qualities using words ‘like’ and ‘as’.
    • Like newly discharged patients.
    • Still reaches like a voice into the rooms.

    • The moon is broken like a mirror.

    Repetition: Words or lines are repeated to


    emphasise a feeling or idea, create rhythm, and or
    develop a sense of urgency.
    ‘The forest that was empty’ (in the first stanza)
    Personification: A prominent figure of speech in
    which a thing is given human attributes.
    See the following examples as how the trees, the sun
    and the winds are shown as behaving like human
    beings.
    • The trees inside are moving out into the forest.
    • No sun bury its feet in shadow.

    • All night the roots work.

    • Winds rush to meet them.

    Symbolism: The use of symbols to represent ideas


    or qualities.
    The poet uses ‘the trees’ to connote the significance
    of forests and raise the issue of ‘deforestation’
    People keep plants and trees in their homes and
    have the false impression that it can replace the lost
    forests. The poet uses the trees as symbolism to say
    that the issue of deforestation can be tackled only by
    planting trees.
    Alliteration: A literary device in which a series of
    words begin with same consonant sound.
    Example: long letters, leaves and lichen
    Anaphora: Anaphora is a rhetorical device where a
    word or phrase is repeated at the beginning of
    successive clauses or sentences.
    In the first stanza, the repetition of the word “the” in
    the first two lines.
    Metaphor: Metaphor is a literary device used to
    represent a comparison without using the words
    “like” or “as”.
    The poet uses ‘trees’ metaphorically to represent
    helplessness of woman in the patriarchal society. The
    metaphor extends throughout the poem and
    therefor the poem is a good example of ‘extended
    metaphor’.
    The struggles of the nature or trees to be freed from
    the confinements of man is compared to that of the
    women’s struggle for the same to get freedom from
    the men dominated society.
    Enjambment: Enjambment is a poetic technique in
    which a sentence or phrase is continued over
    multiple lines of poetry, without a pause or break at
    the end of each line.
    The poem is a good example of enjambment. Every
    stanza of this poem has lines continuing to next lines
    without punctuation.
    For example: In the lines below, no punctuation has
    been used by the poet.
    the forest that was empty all these days
    where no bird could sit
    no insect hide
    no sun bury its feet in shadow
    the forest that was empty all these nights

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