How does a tree grow?
In the first stanza of the poem, ‘On Killing a Tree Give Patel describes the growth of a tree. According to the poet, a tree grows slowly by consuming the nutrients from the earth. The tree takes essential nutrients from the earth’s upper crust and prepares its food. It also absorbs sunlight, air and water, the three elemental (এলিমেন্টাল) forces of nature, to produce (প্রডিউস) food. This food reaches (রিচেস) all parts of the tree as a result of which the tree grows. Thus, taking in nutrients from the earth and the atmosphere, the tree grows gradually. The poet describes the growth of a tree to suggest its vivacity.
How does the tree in ‘On Killing a Tree’ heal itself?
Explain: “And then it is done”.
How does the poet describe the killing of a tree in the poem, ‘On Killing a Tree’?
Why does the poet describe the killing of a tree in such graphie detail?
What is the message of the poem ‘On Killing a Tree’ according to you? Explain.
‘On Killing a Tree’ is an ironical poem.- Justify.
Give the central idea of the poem, ‘On Killing a Tree’.
Justify the appropriateness of the title of the poem, ‘On Killing a Tree’.