Question

About the poem, poet and title.​

Answer 1

The name of the poem 'On Killing a Tree.

On Killing a tree is written by Gieve Patel.

The main theme of the poem is deforestation.

The act of killing a tree is a ceremonial task. The tree grows up consuming nutrients from the soil and absorbing sun ,air ,water and becomes stronger.

A simple jab with a knife or hacking and choping cannot kill a tree because the tree will regenerate. To kill a tree a roots to pulled out of anchoring earth to sunlight then the tree becomes complete when the tree becomes withered and dies.