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    The message of the poem The Trees is that freedom and equality should be for all the living organisms in the world. Whether we take this poem as nature's poem or a feminist oriented poem, the poet gives a clear message that we should have equal rights. No one's freedom should be taken away. Read sumRead more

    The message of the poem The Trees is that freedom and equality should be for all the living organisms in the world. Whether we take this poem as nature’s poem or a feminist oriented poem, the poet gives a clear message that we should have equal rights. No one’s freedom should be taken away.

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    In the poem The Trees, the poet brings in the theme of equality and freedom for all. According to the poet, trees have been captured and confined in the four walls of their homes. However the poet does not seem to be in favour of this. She becomes happy while seeing them going back to their home i.eRead more

    In the poem The Trees, the poet brings in the theme of equality and freedom for all. According to the poet, trees have been captured and confined in the four walls of their homes. However the poet does not seem to be in favour of this. She becomes happy while seeing them going back to their home i.e. forest.

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    The trees are the small plants which have been kept by humans in their homes either for decoration or for food. Their roots, leaves and twigs keep struggling to liberate themselves from the confinement. Read summary of this poem. Read analysis of the poem.

    The trees are the small plants which have been kept by humans in their homes either for decoration or for food. Their roots, leaves and twigs keep struggling to liberate themselves from the confinement.

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    By empty forest, the poet means the forest without trees. The trees make the forest. They give birds place to build their nests and also give shelter to the insects. Without trees, the birds, animals and insects will have nowhere to rest, nothing to eat and thus will not be able to survive. Read sumRead more

    By empty forest, the poet means the forest without trees. The trees make the forest. They give birds place to build their nests and also give shelter to the insects. Without trees, the birds, animals and insects will have nowhere to rest, nothing to eat and thus will not be able to survive.

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    The roots work the whole night to disengage themselves from the floor of veranda which is made up of concrete. It is hard to break the floor yet the roots keep trying and the floor cracks. Read summary of this poem. Read analysis of the poem.  

    The roots work the whole night to disengage themselves from the floor of veranda which is made up of concrete. It is hard to break the floor yet the roots keep trying and the floor cracks.

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    The trees are moving in the forest because forest is their actual home. They were deprived of their home by humans who confined them in the four walls of their homes. But now, the trees have started a movement against this confinement and are moving towards the forest. Read summary of this poem. ReaRead more

    The trees are moving in the forest because forest is their actual home. They were deprived of their home by humans who confined them in the four walls of their homes. But now, the trees have started a movement against this confinement and are moving towards the forest.

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    The forest is empty because the trees have been captured and imprisoned by humans in the four walls of their homes. Without trees, no bird can build its nest, no insect can find shelter and the sun cannot cool itself in the shade. However the trees will be back to forest and it will become full. ReaRead more

    The forest is empty because the trees have been captured and imprisoned by humans in the four walls of their homes. Without trees, no bird can build its nest, no insect can find shelter and the sun cannot cool itself in the shade. However the trees will be back to forest and it will become full.

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    Following figures of speech have been used in the poem The Trees by Adrienne Rich: Simile: It is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using "as" or "like". In the poem the poet compares trees with newly discharged patients "like newly dischaRead more

    Following figures of speech have been used in the poem The Trees by Adrienne Rich:

    1. Simile: It is a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind using “as” or “like”. In the poem the poet compares trees with newly discharged patients “like newly discharged patients half-dazed, moving to the clinic doors“. In the last stanza, the moon is compared with broken mirror, “The moon is broken like a mirror“.
    2. Personification: It is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human. e.g. “the trees are moving”, “no sun bury its feet”, “all night the roots work” etc.
    3. Metaphor: In the poem, trees symbolise women, forest symbolises freedom, lichens symbolise lesbians, whispers symbolise men’s voice which is patriarchal in nature.
    4. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza. In the poem, a single sentence continues to more than 1 line e.g. “The trees inside are moving out into the forest, the forest that was empty all these days where no bird could sit no insect hide no sun bury its feet in shadow the forest that was empty all these nights will be full of trees by morning.“
    5. Images: The poet uses different images to strike our senses e.g. visual images (empty forest), auditory images (head full of whispers), olfactory (the smell of leaves and lichens) and tactile (small twigs stiff with exertion).
    6. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “small twigs stiff”, “sky still open”, “leaves and lichen“, “the forest from the house”, “writing long letters” etc.

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    The Trees is a lyric poem which is written in blank verse. It does not have a particular structure of stanzas. Read summary of this poem. Read analysis of the poem.

    The Trees is a lyric poem which is written in blank verse. It does not have a particular structure of stanzas.

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    The poet compares the trees with newly discharged patients who look half-dazed (half-slept) while going towards the door of clinic because the trees are weak. They have been struggling since long to get freedom from the four walls of house. They could not grow fully there as they did not get properRead more

    The poet compares the trees with newly discharged patients who look half-dazed (half-slept) while going towards the door of clinic because the trees are weak. They have been struggling since long to get freedom from the four walls of house. They could not grow fully there as they did not get proper nutrition. Finally they are moving out and will be strong eventually.

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