Question

Write the poetic devices used in the poem of the poem the heart of the tree

Answer 1

Alliteration
The poet has deployed alliterationin many places to add to the rhythm of the poem. Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning or stressed syllables of words. Some examples are:

What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants a friend of sun and sky;
He plants a home to heaven anigh;
In hushed and happy twilight heard —
The treble of heaven’s harmony —

Personification
The poet personifies the tree when he calls it ‘a friend of sun and sky’.

Metaphor
Metaphor is an implied comparison between two different things where there is a point of similarity.

“the flag of breezes free” and “the shaft of beauty towering high” are examples of metaphors in the poem. Here the leafy branches of a tree are compared to a flag and the stem is compared to a beautiful shaft standing high.

Answer 2

Answer:

towering high " are examples of metaphors in the poem. Here the leafy branches of a tree are compared to a flag and the stem is compared to a beautiful shaft standing high poem. Mentonymy is a figure of speech where one word or phrase is substituted by another one closely associated with it.