Question

What are the figures of speech used in the poem On killing a tree(mention the lines)

Answer 1

the bleeding bark will heal:- Alliteration (repeating of l and b?)

the source white and wet:- Alliteration (repeating of w sound?)

metaphor :- in the bleeding bark (as poet compares the sap oozing of tree to blood of humans) and in leprous hide ( as poet compares the discolored bark of tree to the skin of person suffering from leprosy)

repetition:- in the root is pulled out .........to...... out from earth cave( as pulled out and out words are repeated again and again)

HOPE IT HELPS.....

Answer 2

Answer:

whan finally kills the tree