Question

What is meant by the Disease Leprosy? In the poem On Killing a Tree (CBSE CLASS 9 ENGLISH BOOK BEEHIVE POEM), why has the poet used the word Leprous Hide for the bark of the tree?

Answer 1

"Leprosy"

→ It is a type of chronic disease , which affects the skin and damages the nerve.

→ patches are formed on our skin.

→ it is caused by a bacteria , namely Mycobacterium leprae.

"class 9 - On killing a tree"

$\bf{Question}$ :-

Why has the poet used the word Leprous Hide for the bark of the tree?

$\bf{Answer}$ :-

Poet has used the word Leprous Hide for the bark of the tree because the tree bark is compared here with the disease of human ; like human have patches on their skin when they are suffering from Leprosy , in the same way trees too have patches on their bark .

'Leprous hide' means discolored bark.

Answer 2

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{disease which makes the victims skin full of white discoloured.}

{means skin which(here) stands for trees bark >stands for tree's discoloured bark ..}

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