“And then it is done.”-Explain how it is done. The tree has a life of its own and man out of greed and selfishness wants to destroy it completely. Man realises that since the tree has grown for years ...
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No, The root is to be pulled out.
“No, The root is to be pulled out.” – Why has the word ‘No’ been used? How is the pulling out of the root related to the killing of the tree? Through the word ‘No’ the poet tries to ...
And out of its leprous hide/ Sprouting leaves.
Here ‘leprous hide’ refers to the rough bark of a tree, having marks. The ‘leprous hide’ of a tree bears the ‘sprouting leaves’. A leper’s skin is patchy and contains various shades of colour. The bark of a tree ...
Not a simple jab of the knife/Will do it.” | “It has grown / Slowly consuming the earth,
The phrase ‘a simple jab of the knife’ means a swift blow of the knife. The stem of a full-grown tree is very strong and the bark of it is very rough and hard. A knife is a weak ...
Justify the title of the poem “On Killing a Tree.”
The word “killing” means the complete destruction of an object’s existence or wiping out something from the earth. In this poem, the poet describes how man encourages deforestation, defying the eternal bond shared by the earth and the tree. While ...
How does a tree offer resistance to its destruction? How does its resistance fail?
A tree grows slowly by consuming the earth’s nutrients and absorbing sunlight, air and water. But selfish greed and cruelty of man know no bounds. At every stage of its growth and development, a tree faces challenges and offers ...
How has the tree grown to its full size? List the words suggestive of its life and activity. Why does it take much time to kill a tree?
(On Killing a Tree) Why does it take ‘much time to kill a tree’? How is the tree finally killed? Since birth, the tree slowly consumes the nutrients from the earth. It has been absorbing sunlight, air and water so ...
"It takes much time to kill a tree, / Not a simple jab of the knife / Will do it."-What does the phrase, ‘a simple jab of the knife’, mean? Why can’t ‘a simple jab of the knife’ kill a tree?
The phrase, a simple jab of the knife, means the attempt to kill a tree by mere stabbing it with a knife. • The poet says that an attempt to kill a tree only by stabbing it with a knife ...
Give the central idea of the poem, ‘On Killing a Tree’.
Gieve Patel’s poem ‘On Killing a Tree records the poet’s genuine love for nature. It presents his deep concern for indiscriminate felling of trees. The tree consumes nutrients from the earth and absorbs sunlight, air and water for years. Thus, ...
‘On Killing a Tree’ is an ironical poem.- Justify. | ‘On Killing a Tree’ is an ironical poem.
Gieve Patel’s ‘On Killing a Tree’ is an excellent ironical poem. In the poem, the work of cutting down a tree becomes a violent ritual. This ceremonial task of killing a tree is purely ironical as man kills his ...