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The Heart of the Tree | Henry Bunner | Summary and Analysis
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Poet Henry Cuyler Bunner paints a picture about trees and the gifts that they provide us. In a very serene and simple poem, he questions humanity regarding some tough issues.
*The repetition of a question is a poetic technique, known as Hypophora, employed by the poet to emphasize the theme of the poem to his readers.
Hypophora or Anthypophora is a figure of speech in which the writer presents a question and then follows with an answer. On the other, a Rhetorical question is a question where the a
The Heart of the Tree
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants a friend of sun and sky;
He plants the flag of breezes free;
The shaft of beauty towering high;
He plants a home to heaven anigh;
For song and mother-croon of bird
In hushed and happy twilight heard—
The treble of heaven’s harmony—
These things he plants who plants a tree.
The poem starts with a simple question and that in the very next line the poet presents an answer. He answers that tree as they grow become friends with the sun and the sky and so planting a tree is like making harmonious friends with other elements of nature.
The poet then goes on to compare trees as flags flying freely in strong breezes like towering shafts of beauty and strength. As the stem of a tree grows it resembles a formidable and majestic tower that reaches the sky.
As trees provide nesting space for birds so by planting trees we provide them home and in return hear their beautiful songs of praise for nature and environment. We are captivated by the melodies the serenading birds at twilight.
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