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SHIRLEY BAUER
Shilpa Sharma
About the Poem
-This poem is based on a list of advantages of trees in our lives.
-It talks about both the material and aesthetic uses of trees.
INTRODUCTION
-The poem shows the poet's love
for trees.
Trees are for birds.
Trees are for children.
Trees are to make tree houses in.
Trees are to swing swings on.
Trees are for the wind to blow through.
Trees are to hide behind in ‘Hide and Seek.’
Trees are to have tea parties under.
Trees are for kites to get caught in.
Trees are to make cool shade in summer.
Trees are to make no shade in winter.
Trees are for apples to grow on, and pears;
Trees are to chop down and call, “TIMBER-R-R!”
Trees make mothers say,
“What a lovely picture to paint!”
Trees make fathers say,
“What a lot of leaves to rake this fall!”
THE POEM
SHIRLEY BAUER
Trees are for birds.
Trees are for children.
Trees are for the wind to blow through.
Trees are to make tree houses in.
Trees are to swing swings on.
Trees are to hide behind in ‘Hide and Seek.’
Trees are to have tea parties under.
Trees are for kites to get caught in.
Explanation
Trees are to make cool shade in summer.
Trees make mothers say,
“What a lovely picture to paint!”
Trees are to make no shade in winter.
Trees are for apples to grow on, and pears;
Trees make fathers say,
“What a lot of leaves to rake this fall!”
Trees are to chop down and call, “TIMBER-R-R!”
Themes:
Structure:
Tone:
- Lighthearted and cheerful.
- Relationship between Nature and Human Beings
- The poem comprises of 16
independent lines, each starting with the same word.
ANALYSIS
- it is not divided into stanzas.
- Importance of trees
(aESTHETIC, MATERIALISTIC AND
EMOTIONAL)
- there is no rhyme scheme
to the poem.
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