in robert frosts poem birches the lines you many see their trunks arching in the woods years afterwords training their leaves on the ground like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair ue which two poetic devices?
Simile and imagery
Hello from an English teacher from Australia . I found the passage you mean
You may see their trunks arching in the woods
Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground
Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun.
here are some devices : 1/ Simile : Like girls on hands and knees 2/ Personification : trunks arching in the woods Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground 3/ 2nd Person You as in "You may see ..." 4/ Hyperbole : throw their hair Before them . All the very best
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In "Birches" by Robert Frost, the lines "You may see their trunks arching in the woods / Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground / Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair" contain two poetic devices:
1. Simile: The comparison made between the trunks of the birch trees and girls on hands and knees is formed using the word "like." This simile helps to create a vivid image of the curving trunks resembling girls throwing their hair.
2. Personification: The personification occurs when the line states that the birch trees "trail their leaves on the ground." It attributes a human-like action to the trees, as if they purposely leave their leaves on the ground like a person trailing clothing or accessories.
Understanding and identifying poetic devices like similes and personification enhances our appreciation of the poem's imagery and symbolism.
Your question would be more understandable if you'd used standard capitalization and punctuation.
What poetic devices do you think are used?