Question

In the poem 'On killing a tree' what is the tree a symbol of? CLASS 9 BEEHIVE ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Human beings

Explanation:

On Killing a Tree” is a sensitive poem. The poet persuades the reader not to destroy trees and equates it with “killing” a human being. He says that a plant takes sunlight, water, air and nutrients from the soil to gradually become a huge tree.

Answer 2

'On killing a tree'

Explanation:

There are numerous things that the poem 'On Killing a Tree' is symbolic of.

• Literally, the poem symbolizes the strength of the tree. It says that it is very difficult to kill a tree. Only if it will be uprooted, it will die. Else, the tree has the capability to grow.
• The tree can be symbolic of the mother nature also. Nature nourishes mankind ever after it is cut. Only if the exploitation would exceed that the mother nature would become empty.
• The poem also symbolizes the evil thoughts which a human mind contains. Cutting or chopping the evils would not help the total eradication of the evil from the mind. Only when it would be completed cut from the mind, that it would be get rid of.

 

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