ughout this poem. An example of this is in line six: "And lifts her leafy arms to pray." A tree does not have arms, and this is a human attribute used in this poem so it is personification. Kilmer also uses personification in lines three and four: "A tree whose hungry mouth is prest/ Against the earth's sweet flowing breast." Trees do not have mouths, and the earth does not have breasts. "Trees" is a very lovely poem. Its extensive use of personification makes this poem sound like the tree is alive. We liked Kilmers descriptiveness and religious aspect. We believe that Kilmer uses the tree in this poem represents how people should praise god....