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Acknowledgement

I would like to express my sincere


gratitude to all those who have supported
and contributed to the completion of this
English project.
First and foremost, I would like to thank
my teacher Malti ma’am for providing
invaluable guidance, encouragement, and
feedback throughout the project. Your
constant support and constructive
suggestions have been instrumental in
improving the quality of my work.
I am also grateful to my classmates,
friends, and family members for their
constant motivation and for helping me
gather the necessary resources. Special
thanks to [any specific individuals] for
assisting me with research and sharing
their insights, which greatly enriched my
project.
Finally, I would like to thank all those who
inspired me and contributed in ways big
and small. Without your help and
encouragement, this project would not
have been possible.
Thank you.
INTRODUCTION OF
THE POET

Adrienne Rich
was an American
poet , essayist,
and feminist who
became who
became one of
the most
influential and provocate voices in
20th-century literature. Her work
explores themes of identity,
gender, politics
Poem’s
background
The poem ‘The Poem’ by
Adrienne rich is set against the
backdrop of the conflict
between humans and nature.
And the poet’s desire to convey
the message that humans have
harmed nature for their own
selfish needs
Theme/central
The central idea of the poem
the trees by Adrienne Rich is
the conflict between humans
and nature.
The poem’s central idea is that
humans have harmed nature by
using it for their own benefit
and forgetting its importance.
Message
conveyed
The poem The Trees by
Adrienne Rich conveys the
message that humans should
respect and coexist with
nature, and that nature is
resilient.
The poem also highlights and
the conflict between humans
and nature.

The summary
In the poem ‘The Trees’ the
speaker reflects on the
metaphor of trees breaking free
from confinement the trees,
once trapped in a state of
stasis, begin to grow and
stretch beyond their limitations.
The poem speaks to the quite
yet powerful forces of nature.

Stanza wise
explanation
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 tress by morning

EXPLANATION-
The trees are decorative and kept
inside a house or shown in a
painting or a picture as a
decorative material. These trees
are not useful for birds or insects
because birds cannot sit on their
branches and insects cannot hide
them.
Stanza 2-
All nights the roots work to
disengage themselves from the
cracks in the veranda floor. The
leaves strain toward the glass
small twigs stiff with exertion
long-cramped boughs shuffling
under the roof like newly
discharged patients
half-dazed, moving
to the clinic doors.
EXPLANATION-
Describes how trees work all night
to escape their confinement and
move towards freedom. The trees
move through cracks in the
veranda floor. The leaves press
against the glass, eventually
breaking through the ceiling.
Twigs stiffen from the continuous
pressure. the trees move slowly
away when moving towards the
clinic door

STANZA 3-
I sit inside, doors open to the
veranda
writing long letters
in which I scarcely mention the
departure of
the forest from the house.
The night is fresh, the whole
moon shines in a sky
still open
the smell of leaves and lichen
still reaches like a voice into the
rooms.
EXPLANATION-
In the third stanza, the poet says
that she is sitting inside her house
and writing long letters in those
letters, she does not mention how
trees are struggling to come out
of her house. She stares at the
fresh night where the full moon
was shining brightly in the sky

STANZA 4-
My head is full of whispers
which tomorrow will be silent.
Listen. The glass is breaking.
The trees are stumbling forward
into the night. Winds rush to meet
them. The
moon is broken like a mirror.
Its pieces flash now in the crown
of the tallest oak.
EXPLANATION-
The poet hears the trees moving
out of the house at night. The
poet can also hear the sound of
gasses the poet describes the
moon as looking like a broken
mirror because the branches and
leaves of the trees partially cover
it. Pieces of the moon look like
they are crowning the oldest oak
trees

POETIC DEVICES-
FREE VERSE- the poem is in free
verse, it doesn’t have a rhyme
scheme.
IMAGERY- ‘’Head is full of
whispers’’ is used to create an
auditory image
SIMILE- “the moon is broken like a
mirror’’
REPETITION- “the forest that was
empty’’ is repeated in the first
stanza
PERSONIFICATION- “All night the
roots work’’
SYMBOLISM- “The trees’’ to
symbolises forest and raise the
issue of deforestation

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