Question

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
Those things he plants who plants a tree

(i) Identify the figures of speech used in the first line of the stanza.
ii) Identify the rhyming scheme of the above stanza.

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Answer 1

Answer:

hey this is the poem heart of the tree icse eng 1st poem and fav one too ❤

THE RHYMING SCHEME OF THIS STANZA IS ABACCDDEA

Answer 2

Explanation:

(i) The figure of speech used in the 1st line of the stanza is known as hypophora or antipophora

(ii) The poem does not have a particular rhyme scheme but the poet has used rhyme to add life to the poem. With the use of rhyme the worth of trees comes out vividly. The rhyming words add to the poem's lyrical quality. These words are 'tree', 'free'; 'sky', 'high';'rain',

'again'; 'heritage', 'age' ; 'wood', 'good';etc.