The Singing Tree Analysis

One of the things Sal loved the most in Bybanks was the singing tree. In the story, Sal heard a the warbling from a bird in the trees at a hospital. She liked the sound that the bird was making and she instantly thought of the singing tree back in Bybanks. When Sal was younger, she had lived on a farm in Bybanks. One day on that farm, she walked by a tree that had sung the most beautiful birdsong. Every time she visited that tree, it made her happy. On page 92 Sal explains, “Next to my favorite sugar maple was a tall aspen. When I was younger, I heard the most beautiful birdsong coming from the top of that tree. It was not a call; it was a true birdsong, with trills and warbles.” Sal had loved that tree and she called it the singing tree ever