ISC English | The Heart of the Tree | ENGLISH Explanation | Henry Cuyler Bunner | Summary | Vocab
Channel: Professor DC
Date: 06/05/2020

Summary of The Heart of the Tree by Henry Cuyler Bunner

The poem is about the beauty or the satisfaction of planting a tree. The poet is describing what is that is actually planted while planting a tree. When somebody plants a tree, he not only plants a tree but plants a friend of sun, sky, and breeze. The sky's brightness, sun's warmth, and the touch of breeze makes them a friend of a plant. The stems are like beauty shafts that keep growing. He plants a home to heaven for birds, their crooning, and hushed voices in it. He plants a future, the tree will bring rain and coolness to the environment, the tree will become an identity of the habitat, the tree will become food for the future generations. He is being a good citizen of his country by planting a tree, he is bringing joy and blessings to the neighborhood. All this will make the land fertile, a boon to mankind.