two metonymy in the poem the heart of the tree
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Explanation:
Metonymy – Metonymy is a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted by something that is closely associated with it. In this poem, The heart of the tree, the phrases “cool shade”, “tender rain”, “sap and leaf and wood”, are all metonyms for the tree.
ᴀɴꜱᴡᴇʀ:
ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴢᴀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ, ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴍᴇᴛᴏɴʏᴍꜱ.
ʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛꜱ ᴀ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ ᴀɴɪɢʜ; (ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ).
ʜᴇʀᴇ, ‘ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ’ ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴋʏ, ᴀꜱ ᴡᴇ ɴᴏʀᴍᴀʟʟʏ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ ɪꜱ ꜱɪᴛᴜᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴜᴘ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴋʏ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴛ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛꜱ ᴀ ᴛʀᴇᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛꜱ ᴀ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʙɪʀᴅ ʜɪɢʜ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴋʏ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴇʙʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ’ꜱ ʜᴀʀᴍᴏɴʏ —
ʜᴇʀᴇ, ‘ᴛʀᴇʙʟᴇ’ (ᴛʜᴇ ᴘɪᴛᴄʜ ʀᴀɴɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪɢʜᴇꜱᴛ ꜰᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ) ɪꜱ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇᴀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏɴɢ ᴏʀ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ʙɪʀᴅꜱ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴏʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴜɴʙᴏʀɴ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ꜱʜᴀʟʟ ꜱᴇᴇ —
‘ᴇʏᴇꜱ’ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴍᴇᴀɴꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ, ᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ʙᴏᴅʏ ʀᴇᴘʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ. ᴛʜᴜꜱ ɪᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱɪꜰɪᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜱʏɴᴇᴄᴅᴏᴄʜᴇ, ᴀ ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇᴛᴏɴʏᴍʏ.
ʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛꜱ ɪɴ ꜱᴀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀꜰ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴏᴅ,
ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴇᴛᴏɴʏᴍʏ (ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʏɴᴇᴄᴅᴏᴄʜᴇ) ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ‘ꜱᴀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴀꜰ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴏᴅ’ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴛʀᴇᴇ. ᴘᴀʀᴛꜱ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ.
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