Summary of on killing a tree
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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.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.
"On Killing A Tree" is a very touching poem about how trees are cut down. It gives a touching description of how a tree is uprooted and killed. The poet (Gieve Patel) wants to tell us that just by hacking and chopping it wouldn't be killed.
It is a poem about the cruel indiscrimination of man about the destruction of trees. Here, the poet has presented tree as an enemy of man and man as a professional killer. When the poem begins, there is an ironical description of the crime committed by the tree. The tree has consumed earth's crust for years and years. It has absorbed sunlight, air and water like a tgief in this process, it has grown like a giant. This is the reason why a tree must be killed. But it is not an easy task. It cannot be done through only a simple jab of knife because it will grow again. So, the tree should be tied with a rope and pulled out entirely. In this way, its bleeding roots will be exposed. After that, it should be browned, hardened and withered to destroy or kill it completely.