Question

1. Trees are sacred my grandmother used to say/Felling them is a crime but he massacred them all a. Who is the speaker in the given lines? Who is the person referred to as 'he'? b. Name the trees that were cut down. Why are his actions referred to as a 'crime'? c. What else had this person done? d. What do you conclude about the speaker's feelings from the given lines?​

Answer 1

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• Old folk who are deeply religious consider it sin to cut down these trees as they are to be worshipped according to the holy scriptures. ... Thus, the poet is merely trying to convey the fears and religious beliefs of old folk like his granny.

Answer 2

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What ,according to the grandmother, is a crime? Ans. The poet's grandmother used to say that the trees are sacred and felling them is a crime.