PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Solution. The poet says that the tree is a friend of the sun and sky because it shares their benefits like a friend and helps to create cool breeze to lessen the heat of the sun and the glare of the sky.

Detailed explanation-2: -When a non-human object is given the attribution of human characteristics it is called personification. Here, the tree is personified as it is called the friend of the sun and the sky.

Detailed explanation-3: -The tree is called the friend of the sky because the tree towers high and hence sky is a neighborhood of the tree . This is why they are called friends . The first stanza of the poem tells about the things which balances the life of a tree and the things necessary for the life of a tree.

Detailed explanation-4: -1 Answer. The poetic devices used in the line “he plants a friend of sun and sky” are: Metonymy as the poet uses “a friend of sun and sky” instead of plants. Alliteration: he plants a friend of sun and sky.