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milkweed by jerry spinelli
one,a thick, burly monster of a tree with warts, came down with a high, thin wail that sounded exactly like ababy criyng.
what is bieng personified?
what does this reaveal about the narrator`s feelings?
16 years ago

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Answered by Rebecca
The tree is being talked about as if it were a person who has warts and cries when it is cut down. I'm guessing that Jerry Spinelli feels sad when trees are cut down and he imagines that the tree feels sad too.
16 years ago

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