Question

The poet says: "He plants,in sap and leaf and wood." What figure of speech is used here? Explain its usage with two other examples from the poem.

Answer 1

metonymy is the figure of speech used here. it is speech in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name. some more examples are the forests heritage , tender rain, cool shade etc.

Answer 2

Mentonymy is used here. The other examples from the poem are — cool shade and tender rain. They are examples of mentonymy because they directly explain the benefits of the trees and also tells us about the trees.

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.