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The trees are down
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- 1ThesisCharlotte Mew depicts her frustration about the male superiority over nature as well as the arborcide caused by humans, in reaction to the felling of plane trees in Euston Square Gardens in the early 1920’s.
- 2Key wordsDesolation
Loss
Lament - 3Poet15 November 1869 – 24 March 1928
Two of her siblings suffer from mental illness, and were committed to institutions
Three others died later on, leaving her with her mum and sister
she made a pact with her sister to never marry in order not to pass on the mental illness to their children
She suffered depression after her sister’s death from cancer in 1927 and therefore committed suicide
Conveyed through her poem - 4StructureContains a lot of biblical references( 1st and last line)
starts and ends with the same thing
Length of the lines varies
Relates to the idea that trees come in different sizes and lengths - 5TechniquesImagery
‘Spring’ - has positive connotations which suggests a beautiful sight where the leaves are growing back on the trees and the flowers are starting to bloom. Chooses the season to highlight the importance of the trees.
Onomatopoeia
‘swish’ , ‘crash’, ‘rustle’ is used to allow the readers to better picture the trees with the sounds of it - 6Themes TonedArborcide, Death, Life
Lament for the feeling of the trees being cut down
Subtly in sadness
Desolation
Trees were a direction in her life (kept her going) - 7SummaryPoint of View
The poem is written in first perspective, hence it may mean that the poet has a personal connection to the issue
Writes of arborcide (the killing of trees)
Describes human cruelty and cold heartedness towards the trees being cut down and how the tree’s lives meant nothing to them
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- (Poems) English Literature Fichas sobre The trees are down, creado por aditi bansal el 08/01/2017.
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