ELEMENTS OF

POETRY
 TREES
BY JOYCE KILMER
 I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as tree.

A tree that whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the sweet Earth's flowing breast;

A tree that is looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.
THEME:

Nature is an
important art of
God.
SPEAKER/PERSO
NA:

The author
itself, Joyce
Kilmer
DICTION:
He uses words that will
emphasize the idea that
we need to treasure our
nature because only
God can make it.
 FIGURATIVE
LANGUAGE:

He used
personificati
on.
 He also used
synechdoche
because he
represent the
tree as a part of
nature.
 Simile is one of
the figurative
language that
Joyce uses in his
poem.
 There is an
assonance in
the poem.
IMAGE:

He uses the
sense of touch
and sight.
TONE:

The tone of the

persona in this
poem is serious
and sincere.
SOUND:

Rhyme, a kind of
sound, can be
seen in his
poem.
RHYTHM:

The rhythm of
this poem is
Fixed form.
SYMBOL
:

The symbol that

is used in this
poem is tree.