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The poem 'When Great Trees Fall' explores the themes of death, loss, and acceptance, using an extended metaphor comparing the death of great souls to fallen trees. It transitions from feelings of despair to hope and self-development, emphasizing that while pain may linger, the memory of the deceased continues to influence life. The poem employs various poetic devices, including enjambment, metaphor, personification, and repetition, to convey its emotional depth.

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Lmr_when Great Trees Fall

The poem 'When Great Trees Fall' explores the themes of death, loss, and acceptance, using an extended metaphor comparing the death of great souls to fallen trees. It transitions from feelings of despair to hope and self-development, emphasizing that while pain may linger, the memory of the deceased continues to influence life. The poem employs various poetic devices, including enjambment, metaphor, personification, and repetition, to convey its emotional depth.

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Vikram’s English Academy (ICSE)

When great trees fall

1. Tone of the poem


The tone of the poem ‘The Glove and the lions’ is
 emotional
 poignant
 optimistic (at the end)

2. Theme of the poem:


The central theme of the poem is death and its effect on the people and surroundings. It explores the
concepts of loss, grievance, acceptance and hope. The poet elaborates on how the death of a loved one
affects not only big things but also even the smallest things. An extended metaphor has been used to
compare the death of the great souls to that of great trees falling in the forests. People seem to be lost,
confused, saddened, silenced by the death of their dear ones. However, towards the end the poet fills the
readers with a sense of hope. This death is eventually accepted by the people and they work towards their
self- development, moving on from the past. The mood of the poem changes from death, loss and despair
to acceptance, hope and optimism. The poem elaborates on the fact that the pain and sorrow may never
leave us, yet the memory and influence of the great soul will linger and continue to shape our life.

3. Rhyming words:
No rhyme scheme

4. Rhyming scheme:
There is no rhyme scheme. It is Free Verse

5. Figures of speech:
Many lines in the poem are example of enjambment- Enjambment is a poetic device that carries
a sentence or phrase from one line to the next without punctuation.

The title of the poem can be considered a ‘Metaphor’ and a ‘Euphemism’ too
 Metaphor- Humans are indirectly compared to trees without using ‘as’ ‘like’ or ‘so’
 Euphemism- Harsh reality of death is given in mild word ‘fall’

When great trees fall,


 Anaphora- A phrase is repeated in the beginning of the stanza

small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear.
 Personification- A human quality of having fear or senses is given to an inanimate object

We are not so much maddened as reduced to the unutterable ignorance of dark, cold caves.
 Metaphor- ‘Deep sorrow’ is indirectly compared to ‘dark cold caves’ without using ‘as’,
‘like’ or ‘so’

And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms,


 Alliteration- Starting word of ‘period’ and ‘peace’ is repeated to create a poetic effect
They existed. They existed.
 Repetition- The word ‘existed’ is repeated for a poetic effect

We can be. Be and be


 Repetition- The word ‘be’ is repeated for a poetic effect

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