Question

the poet ironically says and mentions the ways to kill a tree. how do you think the poet reminds us of our duties related to trees? which value does he show in doing this? form on killing a tree

Answer 1

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In the poem. "on Killin a tree" the poet uses reverse psychology to ridicule man's mindless act of felling trees for self sustenance. Using a very sarcastic tone, he encourages man to kill the tree completely so that it has no scope of growing back. But in fact author actually condemns man's ruthlessness after eating the gift of nature so callously. The tree is alive and goes through all phases of life like any living organism. Felling a tree is an inhumane act akin to murder. The tree has a strong will to live and grasp even the tiniest chance to survive but eventually surrender before man's murderous inclination. The poet is hair highlighting the problem of rampant deforestation which is a measure threat to the ecosystem.

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Answer 2

By using irony the poet aims to show us the ways in which we kill our trees and destroy them in order to benefit ourselves and how we use trees to our own benefit every time.

• The first stanza of the poem tells us that stabbing a tree does not do anything to it as it continues to grow and take up nutrients from the earth in order to grow.
• The second stanza shows us that by hacking and chopping a tree we are not really hurting a big tree but it is dealing heavy blows on the trees. The poet is trying to showcase that the more we cut trees closer to the root the more they will get hurt.
• Stanza three is making us aware of the irony of the poem and how the poet ends up killing a tree in order to showcase its might and strength. What it also tells us is that the moment we expose the roots of the tree it loses strength.
• The final stanza teaches us about the tree once it has been uprooted and how it withers and dries. Once a tree is killed there is nothing left...and yet we still kill it.

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