Question

What is the summary of the the poem "the heart of the trees which is written by Henry Cuyler Bunner ?

Answer 1

The summary of this poem is about the satisfaction one gets when plants a tree,i if someone is planting a tree that person is just not planting a tree but also planting sky and breeze. The poet plants a tree for the birds, a home for them, he plants a future because the plantation of trees will bring the rain to the environment, it will be used as a food for the next generation and he is becoming a good citizen by planting a tree, and bringing joy and pleasure to the people living in the world.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Heart of the Tree by the American poet and novelist Henry Cuyler Bunner is a fine piece of poetry with a simple theme and a simpler structure. The poem was originally published in 1912.

Planting a tree is always a great work for the mankind. But, the poet has found out new ways to look at the plants and plantation. In his poem The Heart of the Tree he glorifies the act further, shows how a tree helps life on earth and says that it has a direct connection to a nation’s growth.

All the three stanzas of the poem The Heart of the Tree starts with a refrain with the poet asking what the man actually plants who plants a tree. Then he chooses to reply it by himself and shows what a tree means to the humankind and to the nature, thus proving how great that man is.

The rhythm is amazing. The rhyme scheme is ABABBCCAA for each stanza. This is a deviation from the celebrated Spenserian stanza, a nine line stanza with the scheme ABABBCBCC. Though the language is simple, careful wordings makes the poem more expressive and obviously musical and attractive.