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Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem. Poetic lines It takes much time to kill a tree. The bleeding bark will heal. Out of the anchoring earth

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Complete the table by identifying lines, against the poetic devices from the poem.

Poetic lines Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech
It takes much time to kill a tree.  
The bleeding bark will heal.  
Out of the anchoring earth  
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Poetic lines Poetic Devices/Figures of Speech
It takes much time to kill a tree. Alliteration (takes,time,to, tree)
The bleeding bark will heal. Personification
Out of the anchoring earth Metaphor (''root'' is indirectly compared to ''anchor'')
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Chapter 3.2: On Killing a Tree - Exercise [Page 77]

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Chapter 3.2 On Killing a Tree
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