Question

In the poem 'The Heart of the Tree' what is meant by the"shaft of the tree" and what is compared to the shaft?

Answer 1

Here, " the shaft of beauty " means that the trees which are tall and green makes the surrounding beautiful with their presence. The trees have been compared to shaft as they are life-giving and beautify the surroundings.

Extra Information:

The given question is from a poem by Henry Cuyler Bunner, named "The Heart of the Tree". It does not has any particular and same rhyming scheme throughout the poem.

Answer 2

Answer:

'Shaft of beauty' means 'beam of beauty'.

Explanation:

Tree is compared to shaft of beauty.As green trees makes our surrounding beautiful and purifies air by taking in Carbon dioxide and releasing Oxygen a life giving gas.Also transpiration from plants is responsible for cloud formation in the sky thus rain.