The Trees
By– Adrienne Rich
Plot/ Theme / Central Idea of the Lesson/ Literary Analysis of The Trees/ Main Idea
Central Idea of the Poem
Adrienne Rich’s “The Trees” is a nature poem. Forest is the natural habitat of trees, birds and insects. In the absence of trees in the forest, the ecological balance will be disturbed. In this poem, the poetess has personified nature. Man has confined nature within his four walls. Man has uprooted trees and kept them in the modern artificial glasshouses. But nature can’t be subdued for long. The trees struggle to break the artificial bathers. They become free breaking all the bondages and move towards their natural habitat — the forest. Only there they can grow to the natural vastness, grandeur and dimensions. The poetess tries to convey that like human beings trees also need freedom. They can get their natural growth and freedom when they are in the forest and not in artificial houses made by human beings.
Style
The poetess emphasises the idea that God’s creation is a composite phenomenon. Trees, forests animals, human beings and other agencies of nature are interlinked. The poem has four stanzas of an unequal number of lines. The poem is rich in visual power. The use of personification ‘no sun bury its feet in shadow’ is quite effective. The use of simile in stanza 2, where ‘cramped boughs’ are compared to the ‘newly discharged patients’ is an effective poetic device used in the poem.
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The Trees- Value Points of the Poem
The Trees- Summary in Hindi – Full Text
The Trees- Comprehension Passages
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