Question

4. In "A Tree Telling of Orpheus," why is it effective to use a tree as the speaker?

a. It makes the story of Orpheus more believable.
b. It gives the poem a lighthearted feeling because of its impossibility.
c. It allows readers to imagine Orpheus's power more vividly.
d. It explains the unusual arrangement of the poem's line breaks.

Answer 1

It is effective to use a tree as the speaker in 'A Tree Telling of Orpheus' because, It allows readers to imagine Orpheus's power more vividly.

Answer: Option C

Step-by-step explanation:

‘A Tree Telling of Orpheus’ is a fascinating poem written by Denise Levertov in which the tree is the speaker. The tree tells a story of Orpheus, a musician who have such a beautiful voice and plays such soothing music that even trees uproot themselves.

The main reason the poet have used tree as a speaker so that readers get a fair idea of the power of Orpheus’s music. For example when the tree says ‘words kept leaping over his shoulder to me’ these elements represents the vivid image to the readers of what’s going on, it represents what the scenery looked like. The tree is making people aware of the beauty and power that the music have.