after reading the poem on killing a tree what similarities can we draw between trees and some great people of yesteryears
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After reading the poem “on killing the tree”, we draw many similarities between great people and tree.
In this poem, the poet describes that to kill a tree or uprooting a tree is not so easy task like killing a soul of great people. These both tasks are difficult one. The poem tries to depict how a tree is to be hurt to kill it, thus, displaying us that although killing a human soul are tough but by revealing the essence of humanity to external fancies can mortally damage it.
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On killing a tree by Gieve Patel is a contemptuous 'criticism of human callousness' and 'cruelty in chopping down trees'. The poet criticizes people for being disrespectful or for being unsympathetic while cutting down forest, residential and industrial trees. The poem' presents the robustness of a fully grown tree, supported by nutrients from soil, sun and air. The poem also portrays a powerful tree's survival instinct, which refuses to die even if it is cut off its branches and trunks. In its deep roots lie the true 'strength and vitality of a tree'. The tree loses its life only when these roots are dry or wither away.
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For years, Trees go to live. Some trees are said to be over five hundred years old in the Amazon Forest. We can learn from them to spread our roots deeper into the earth. There were a few great people in our memory from the past. Through our consciousness, they have spread their origins and therefore refuse to die. A tree is supplied with all the assistance of the concealed root. This source of life must be snapped to kill a tree.
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