lesson name on killing a tree detail answer 1)How well does the poet bring out the pain of the tree .............please give me perfect answer or dont answer
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“On Killing a Tree” written by Gieve Patel literally describes the difficulty of cutting down a tree. On another level, the poet writes about nature and the sturdiness and longevity of the tree. Only man would want to fell the tree.
The third person narration describes the tree graphically comparing the bark to a leper’s skin and sores. Because it has lived for so long the tree has deep roots which enable it to recoup from attacks by the axe. The attitude of the poet seems neutral, but on closer examination of his vocabulary choice, he casts a sardonic look on the cutting down of an important part of nature...
It has grown
Slowly consuming the earth,
Rising out of it, feeding
Upon its crust, absorbing
Years of sunlight, air, water
When the tree is small, it takes only a little area to live. After time passes, the tree takes more room through its feeding from the earth, the sun, the oxygen, and water. This is not the poem for a lumberman who takes his skills seriously.
To the environmentalist, the man who cuts the tree hacks at and chops it, irritating the tree on the surface;
On a figurative level, the poem may also speak to the destruction of a man. It is not so easy to kill a human being. To kill a person, it is only through his heart (or root) that the deed can be done. When the heart stops, the man will die. A human being can recover from injuries: a cut, an amputation, a brain injury. It is the heart that provides the life blood to keep the man alive.