How is the tree finally killed?
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The poet suggests that a simple jab of a knife does kill a tree. Its bleeding barks heal up soon and expand again to their former size. The tree is killed by uprooting. Its roots have to be pulled out of the earth cave and exposed to the sun and the air. The roots get twisted and wither in the scorching heat. It finally kills the tree.
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Man realises that neither a simple jab of the knife nor hacking and chopping can kill a tree. It is hard to kill a tree. In order to kill a tree, it has to be uprooted. So the tree is roped, tied and pulled out from the roots. It is now cut off from the earth. Finally, in the presence of sun and air, the roots pass through the processes of scorching, choking, drying, hardening, twisting, and withering. In this way, the killing of a tree is complete.