"The Trees are Down" by Charlotte Mew

Question 1

What is the effect of the alliteration here?

Accepted Answer

It enhances the imagery (the 'wh'ispering sound)., Highlights the personification, & thus equality, of trees.

Question 2

"The grate of the saw, the swish of the branches as they fall" is an example of...?

Accepted Answer

Imagery, Internal Rhyme

Question 3

What technique is used in here? "The loud common talk, the / loud common laughs of the men"

Accepted Answer

Repetition, Imagery, Enjambment

Question 4

What is the rat a symbol of?

Accepted Answer

Reality, Consequence, Humanity

Question 5

What is the effect of this juxtaposition?

Accepted Answer

It highlights the personification of "the loveliness"., It highlights why we're lulled into the destructive rhythm.

Question 6

The loud "men with the 'Whoops' and the 'Whoas'" & "the whispering loveliness" also contains...

Accepted Answer

Imagery, Alliteration, Personification

Question 7

What's the effect of the enjambment in "the loud common talk, the / loud common laughs"

Accepted Answer

It adds irony because enjambments aren't common., It calls us to break the rhythm of destruction., Feels incomplete, foreshadowing how we'll feel w/ no trees.

Question 8

What is the effect of the repetition in this line?

Accepted Answer

It emphasizes the pun of "common" being used., It emphasizes the imagery from previously., It provides a sense of rhythm.

Question 9

Mew juxtaposes the loud "men with the 'Whoops' and the 'Whaos'" to the "whispering loveliness".

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

The rat in the poem is...

Accepted Answer

a symbol.

Question 11

What is the effect of these two (imagery and internal rhyme) techniques?

Accepted Answer

The sing-songiness add distance (and therefore irony)., Rhymes are intentional, so the actions seem intentional too., It allows readers to place themselves in the poem's action., It helps make the destruction of the trees more realistic.

"The Trees are Down" by Charlotte Mew

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"The Trees are Down" by Charlotte Mew

Questions 11