What can you say about the trees?

Are they useful? In what ways?

A Tree of Life
WHAT DO WE PLANT?
By Henry Abbey
What do we plant when we plant a tree?
We plant the ship which will cross the sea.
We plant the mast to carry the sails;
We plant the planks to withstand the gales—
The keel, the keelson, the beam, the knee;
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.
 WHAT DO WE PLANT?
By Henry Abbey
What do we plant when we plant a tree?
We plant the houses for you and me.
We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors,
We plant the studding, the lath, the doors,
The beams and siding, all parts that be;
We plant the house when we plant the tree.
 WHAT DO WE PLANT?
By Henry Abbey
What do we plant when we plant a tree?
A thousand things that we daily see;
We plant the spire that out-towers the crag,
We plant the staff for our country’s flag,
We plant the shade, from the hot sun free,
We plant all these when we plant the tree.
 SOUND DEVICES
• ONOMATOPOEIA
• ALLITERATION
• ASSONANCE
• CONSONANCE
• Rhyme
 ONOMATOPOEIA
immitation of sounds
1. The flood water gushed through the town.
2. The owl hooted in the tree.
3. At night, the wind was howling in the
darkness.
4. The corn went pop in the microwave.
5. The car horn beeped loudly.
 ALLITERATION
repetition of an initial consonant sound in two or more
words in a phrase or a sentence

1. Go and gather the green leaves on the grass.

2. Please put away your paints and practice the
piano.
3. The big, bad bear scared all the baby bunnies
by the bushes.
 ASSONANCE
Similarity of vowel sounds within words in a line of poetry.

1. Go and mow the lawn.

2. The engineer held the steering to steer the
vehicle.
3. We light fire on the mountain.
4. The rain in Spain falls mainly in the plains.
5. Men sell the wedding bell.
 CONSONANCE
Repetition of consonant sounds in words.

1. He stood on the road and cried.

2. The black sack is in the back.
3. Mammals named Sam are clammy.
4. I wish you would mash potatoes in this dish.
5. Norm, the worm, took the garden by a
storm this morn.
 Rhyme
Repetition of similar sounds of words or syllable at the end of each line.

What do we plant when we plant a tree?

We plant the ship which will cross the sea.
We plant the mast to carry the sails;
We plant the planks to withstand the gales—
The keel, the keelson, the beam, the knee;
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.