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summary of the poem " on killing a tree" ​

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The poem "On Killing a Tree" by Gieve Patel presents the sturdiness of a fully grown tree, strengthened by nourishment from the earth, the sun and the air. The poem conveys the message that trees are living beings just like any other form of life.

“On Killing a Tree” is a scathing criticism of human callousness and cruelty in chopping down trees for agriculture, urbanization and industrialization. Apparently, the poem reads like a 'How-to-Do' manual of killing a tree but actually, it is a passionate appeal not to cut trees.

The "moral," or message, of this poem is presented to us straightforwardly in the third stanza, which offers a sort of summary, or conclusion, to what has come before.