Question

A. Answer the questions.
1. Justify the title of the poem On Killing a Tree.
2. Can a simple jab of the knife kill a tree? Why not?
3. What is the meaning of bleeding bark? What
makes it bleed?
4. What is the meaning of anchoring earth and
earth cave?
5. What does he mean by the strength of the
tree exposed?
6. What finally kills the tree?
7. The bleeding bark will heal. How?
8. How has the tree grown to its full size? List five words suggestive
of its life and activity
from poem on killing a tree​

Answer 1

Answer:

Q1:Justify the significance of the title of the poem “on killing a Tree''. Ans: The title,” on KILLING A tree'' indicates the ironical fate of a tree . ... As a simple jab or chopping cannot kill a tree, cruel man uses a number of cruel methods to kill a tree. So a tree is uprooted and snapped out of earth .

3 Bleeding bark” refers to the area on the tree trunk where it has been hit with the axe. It bleeds because the wood cutter has wounded the tree by cutting and chopping it.