Joyce Kilmer In Her Poem “Trees” Writes Of The Attributes Of A Tree, Equating It

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Term Paper Title	Joyce Kilmer In Her Poem “Trees” Writes Of The Attributes Of A Tree, Equating It
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     Joyce Kilmer in her Poem “Trees” writes of the attributes of a tree, equating it to a
woman. A.E. Housman in her poem “Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now” writes of how
she enjoys the beauty of a blooming cherry tree. Does this perfunctory reading of these
poems provide the reader with a true meaning as to why they were written. Did Kilmer
and Housman write these poems only to tell us of what they see when they look at trees.

     In “Trees” Joyce Kilmer gives us a view of what she thinks are the virtues of  a
tree. This simple poem about trees Kilmer uses Personification to tell the reader of how a
tree spends its’ life. A perfect example of her use of personification is the line “A tree that
may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair;” (Trees,ln.8) . In this example Kilmer
is telling us, simply,  that a robin may make a nest in the bough of a tree. But, her use of
personification makes her poem, which simply describes a tree, feel like it is more then just
a observation of trees. Now this simple tree is seen as a woman who adorns herself with
some accessory, a robin’s nest, to make herself more beautiful. Kilmer’s continual
comparison of a tree to a woman makes the readers see the tree in the way Kilmer wanted
them to see the tree. In her opening lines for the poem Kilmer writes that she, ”... shall
nevere see a poem as lovely as a tree.”  (Trees,ln.1). This comparison sets the tone for
the poem. The tone is one of joy and at the same time a bit of rivalry that a tree will
always be more beautiful than a poem.

     Though A.E. Housman’s poem is named “Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now”
there is, unlike Kilmer’s “Trees”,  very little description of trees. Unlike Kilmer’s poem,
Housman’s “Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now” is a very embellished and refined poem.
Housman’s use of caesuras to make the poem sound as if it were being spoken help to
establish this refined quality. This is evident in the opening lines, “Loveliest of trees, the
cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough,” (Loveliest of trees,ln.1). Housman’s
use of enjambents along with the use of cultured dialect add to the notion  of a refined
tone. After the first stanza the poem shifts from describing the beauty Housman finds in a
cherry tree in bloom to Housman’s...

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