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On killing a tree by gieve patel line by line explanation

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On Killing A Tree



1st Paragraph



The poet says that it takes a long time to kill a tree. A sudden rough blow of the knife will do nothing to the tree. It has grown up strong by consuming the earth slowly. It grew up and rised from the crust of the earth, absorbing years of sunlight, air, water. And from its discoloured and uneven bark, the branches and leaves sprout out.




2nd Paragraph



Cutting roughly the tree by striking heavy blows and chopping won't do anything to the enormous tree. It will not feel any pain and its bleeding bark will heal very soon. If we cut from the bottom that is, from close to the ground, the curled green twigs will start growing with mini branches coming out. If they are unchecked, then they will expand again to their normal and formal size as they used to be earlier.




3rd Paragraph



The poet says no in the beginning of the stanza because just a small cut or chop will not harm the country. For killing a tree, firstly, the roots have to be puller out from its anchoring earth, that is its mother whom the tree holds securely. It has to be pulled out entirely or tied up and then chopped into pieces. And once, it is separated from the earth cave, it loses its strength when the source, white and wet, the most sensitive and hidden part of the tree is exposed out.




4th Paragraph



Then, the matter starts scorching, drying up under the oppression of sun and air. It turns into rough old brownish colour, hardens up, twists and finally sheds off it skin under different weather conditions. And then, it's done. The tree is killed completely and nothing is left.




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• On Killing A Tree
• By Gieve Patel
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• Introduction to the lesson
• The poet sensitizes the reader and highlights the fact that trees are living things. He equates trees with humans to convey that trees should not be cut because destroying trees is just like killing a human being. A tree does not die by merely cutting because it regrows from where it is cut. If it has to be destroyed, then it has to be uprooted.
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• Poem and Explanation
• It takes much time to kill a tree,
• Not a simple jab of the knife
• Will do it. It has grown
• Slowly consuming the earth,
• Rising out of it, feeding
• Upon its crust, absorbing
• Years of sunlight, air, water,
• And out of its leprous hide
• Sprouting leaves.
• Jab: sudden rough blow
• Leprous hide: discoloured bark
• A simple cut does not destroy a tree. A tree grows gradually, it is rooted in the soil. A plant takes nutrition from the soil to grow into a big tree. The tree is firmly bound with the soil. It takes in sunlight, water and air to grow into a strong trunk and have numerous leaves.
• So hack and chop
• But this alone won't do it.
• Not so much pain will do it.
• The bleeding bark will heal
• And from close to the ground
• Will rise curled green twigs,
• Miniature boughs
• Which if unchecked will expand again
• To former size.
• Hack: cut roughly by striking heavy blows
• Humans cut and chop the bark of trees into many pieces but that is not sufficient to destroy the tree. The point of the tree which gets cut gives out sap just like a human being bleeds. Gradually, this would heals and from there new branches start growing again.
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• No,
• The root is to be pulled out —
• Out of the anchoring earth;
• It is to be roped, tied,
• And pulled out — snapped out
• Or pulled out entirely,
• Out from the earth-cave,
• And the strength of the tree exposed
• The source, white and wet,
• The most sensitive, hidden
• For years inside the earth.
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• Anchoring earth: trees are held securely with the help of the roots in the earth
• Snapped out: chopped out
• The poet says that in order to kill the tree, it has to be uprooted. One has to separate the tree from the Earth which supports it. The roots of the tree bind the tree with the soil in the pit of the Earth. From there, the most sensitive and hidden part of the tree - the roots have to be detached. The roots are white in colour and are damp.
• Then the matter
• Of scorching and choking
• In sun and air,
• Browning, hardening,
• Twisting, withering,
• And then it is done.
• Scorching and choking: the drying up of the tree after being uprooted
• Once the tree has been uprooted, then gradually it withers and dries up with the action of heat and wind. The trunk will become brown, twist and will harden. Finally, the tree will die this way.
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• Literary Devices
• 1. No rhyme scheme is there in the poem. It is written in free verse. There is no rhyme or rhythm.
• 2. Enjambment: When one sentence continues into two or more lines.