Compare and contrast "on killing a tree" with william wordsworth's "daffodils" and show how both the poems differ in the treatment of environment
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On Killing a Tree by Gieve Patel and Daffodils by William Wordsworth are two different poems. There is marked difference between the genre, theme, rhyme, and rhythm of both the poems.
Theme
On Killing a Tree, by GIEVE PATEL eulogizes a tree’s strength. The poet describes a tree’s strength, endurance, and resilience. A tree can only be killed by uprooting it and exposing its sensitive roots to the sun.
Daffodils on the other hand is a classic poem. In the poem Daffodils, the poet has exquisitely portrayed beauty of nature. He relates a personal experience that he perceived once while wandering in nature.
He was wandering alone like a solitary cloud in the sky. While walking, he reached a spot where poet saw pristine scenic beauty. He saw a lake on whose banks were grown daffodils in an uncountable numbers. The flowers were dancing in the gentle breeze blowing. The breeze was also causing ripple of waves in the lake water.
The poet felt very joyous in the jocund company of daffodils. The poet stood there long and stored the scenic beauty in his memory.
Rhyming Scheme
Poem On Killing a Tree does not have any rhyme scheme. It is written in blank verse. However, poem Daffodils is much more rhythmical. It has a specific rhyme scheme ababcc.