Question

Write the LITRARY DEVICES USED in poems
A legend of Northland ,On killing of tree

Answer 1

Answer:

on killing the tree

Metaphor

1. Leprous hide 2. Bleeding bark

Alliteration

1. It takes much time to kill a tree

2. The bleeding bark will heal

3. Which if unchecked will expand again

4. The source, white and wet

Personification

1. On "Killing" a Tree - the tree has been personified from the title till the end of the poem.

2. "has grown"

3. "Slowly consuming the earth"

4."The bleeding bark will heal"

Repetition

"On Killing a Tree":

"Pulled out" - This phrase has been repeatedly used to emphasize that the roots are very strong that we need to uproot the whole tree by pulling it out entirely.

The root is to be pulled out –

One of the anchoring earth;

It is to be roped, tied,

And pulled out – snapped out

Or pulled out entirely,

Out from the earth-cave

Enjambment

The whole poem has been written in enjambment style where the lines run into more than one sentence.

It may also be noted that the poem is in free verse style (there are no rhyming words or rhyme scheme)

Note a single sentence has run into 6 lines in the poem:

Then the matter

Of scorching and choking

In sun and air,

Browning, hardening,

Twisting, withering,

And then it is done.

LEGENDS OF THE NORTHLAND

There are numerous literary devices that may be found in any given poem, such as meter, rhyme, rhythm, symbolism, imagery, repetition, consonance, assonance, alliteration, enjambment,