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Trees by Joyce Kilmer - Riley Diersbock Poem Analysis 

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Trees by Joyce Kilmer - Riley Diersbock Poem Analysis 

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This poem is written in first person because it uses words like, "me" and, "you" in the first and last stanza. This poem also highlights the speakers feelings about the tree. The speaker is most likely the author. This is because he is very religious and has a deep love for nature. These are two main subjects throughout the poem. Also, in the first stanza it says, "I" and "poem". These are two clues, also considering the author is a poet. Finally, in the second stanza it says, "poems are made by fools like me". This also leads to the conclusion that the author is writing about himself because he obviously writes poems and he thinks trees and nature are far superior.

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Stanza 1:
The speaker starts out the poem with the quite literal statement of, "I think that I shall never see, A poem lovely as a tree". This clearly states that the speaker believes that trees are far more, "lovely" than a tree and (s)he will never find a poem as beautiful. Assuming the speaker highly values and respects poems, this shows her/his great love for trees.
Stanza 2:
The second stanza, "a tree whose hungry mouth is prest, against the Earth’s sweet flowing breast" describes the trees relationship to the Earth. The speaker uses the term, "breast" because it relates to Mother Earth. Mothers' have breasts to feed their children. The speaker is referencing the tree as almost a child of the Earth. The tree's, "hungry mouth" is attached to the earth and is sucking the Mother Earth's, "sweet flowing breast". This, "sweet flowing" liquid is most likely water and other nutrients. Hungry is used to describe the everlasting need for water and the tree's mouth is the base or roots of the tree. Mother Earth gives the tree life.
Stanza 3:
The third stanza, "a tree that looks at God all day, and lifts her leafy arms to pray" explains the stretching of a tree's, "leafy" branches (also referred to as arms) reaching toward the sky. God lives in heaven, or the sky. The speaker uses praying and looking at God to describe the trees branches reaching for the sky.
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Also from stanza three the speaker makes a reference to God. Through research about the author, I learned he is very religious. This explains his reference to God. He also has a love for nature. As he describes the beauty within the tree, the reference of praying to God also plays into the beauty of religion.
Stanza 4:
The fourth stanza, "a tree that may in Summer wear, a nest of robins in her hair" explains the way the, "nest of robins" sits in the tree's, "hair". The hair refers to the leafs and branches near the top of the tree. By saying, "in Summer wear" the speaker refers to the birds as an accessory for the tree in the Summer. The speaker also refers to the tree as a woman, which can be linked to elegance, beauty and grace. Also the term, birds nest, refers to when a girls hair is super knotted and resembles a birds nest.
Stanza 5:
The fifth stanza, "upon whose bosom snow has lain, who intimately lives with rain" describes the relationship between snow, rain, and the tree. A bosom is a female breast. When the speaker describes the relationship with the rain, (s)he says it is intimate. Snow is basically frozen rain. The bosom is an intimate part of the body, so the snow lays on the tree's bosom (or leafs in real life context) it again reenforces the intimate relationship between the rain and the tree. They, "live" closely or intimately together and in nature the tree needs the rain/water to live.
Stanza 6:
The last stanza, "poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree" goes back the first stanza. Basically, the speaker calls himself a, "fool" in relation to God. And because a tree is a product of God, it is a holy and magical thing that is far superior to any poem. Especially since the author is a poet and he values poems, one can see the greater love of nature and God.

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Imagery - The use of vivid language to generate ideas and/or evoke mental images, not only of the visual sense, but of sensation and emotion as well.
Example: The second stanza, "a tree whose hungry mouth is prest, against the earth’s sweet flowing breast" is an example of imagery. While this stanza is also personification, it can also be classified as imagery because it gives you a great mental image.
Effect: An effect of this imagery is that it really helps the reader envision the base or roots of the tree latched into the ground/earth sucking the water and nutrients out. By explaining the interaction this way it helps you to really see what the speaker is explaining. The tree is, "hungry" and its, "mouth" is sucking the, "sweet flowing" liquid out of Mother Earth.

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Personification - Attributing human characteristics to an inanimate object, animal, or abstract idea.
Example: The third stanza, "a tree that looks at God all day, and lifts her leafy arms to pray" is an example of personification. This is a personification because it is giving human like characteristics, such as, "lift her leafy arms" to a tree. Obviously trees do not have arms, nor can they lift them to pray.
Effect: An effect of this personification is that it creates the image of a tree with its branches stretched up towards the sky. God is associated with the sky and when the speaker explains the tree praying to God, it implies and creates the image of the tree reaching up. Leafy arms also refers to the branches and give
the same idea.

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Rhyme: This is the one device most commonly associated with poetry by the general public. Words that have different beginning sounds but whose endings sound alike, including the final vowel sound and everything following it, are said to rhyme.
Example: All of the lines in this poem rhyme at the end. They rhyme in pairs of two (each stanza's last word rhymes). An example of this is in stanza 5, "upon whose bosom snow has lain, who intimately lives with rain". The last two words of each line (lain and rain) rhyme.
Effect: The effect of these rhymes is that it helps create a pattern and harmony throughout the poem. It also helps bring the poem to life and helps the audience feel connected. The rhyme also helps the poem flow and sound more beautiful. This matches with the speakers ideology that trees of beautiful and magnificent.

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Stanza 1:
People will never see/read a poem that is a lovely as a tree.
Stanza 2:
A tree's mouth is pressed against the Earth's sweet breast.
Stanza 3:
A tree lifts its arms to pray to God everyday.
Stanza 4:
A tree in the Summer wears, a nest of robins in her hair. The tree is a women
Stanza 5:
Snow lays on a tree's breasts. Trees also live intimately with rain.
Stanza 6:
Poems are made by stupid people, like the speaker, but only God can create a tree.

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Bosom - breast of a human being
Prest - pressed against
Lain - to lie or lay (not like truth or lie)
Intimately - a private or personal way
Reference to God in the 3rd stanza
There are no allusions

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Joyce Kilmer
1886–1918
His work was inspired a lot by his strong religious faith and love for natural beauty.
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/poets/detail/joyce-kilmer

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