Question

Write a central idea about 100-150 words of poem "on killing a tree " ​

Answer 1

The central idea in this poem is that the act of killing a tree—or, on a broader scale, destroying the environment—is not confined to a single action. We cannot pretend that the slow destruction of our forests and our landscapes is a result of accident. On the contrary, it takes sustained and deliberate action, "much time," to kill a tree which will continually resist destruction; the "bleeding bark will heal" and, even after having experienced one attack, a tree can "expand again." Trees are resilient, and, moreover, trees are not simply things that grow upon the earth, but part of it: a tree spends its life "slowly consuming the earth" and "feeding upon its crust." Trees are an inherent part of the world around us, and in destroying them, humans are making a conscious choice, a determination that "the root is to be pulled out."
The poet identifies some of the many ways in which humans have destroyed trees: "scorching," "choking," "hardening," "twisting," "withering." The use of so many active verbs here underlines the poet's point, that deforestation and the destruction of the environment are a result not of human inaction, but of decisive and deliberate human attacks upon that environment. And yet, to think of the environment, and our trees, as something distinct from us is a fallacy, as the trees are part of "the anchoring earth" in which they grow, and they have been here "for years." To destroy a living thing so resilient as a tree is to wreak deliberate and forceful damage.

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Answer 2

Answer:

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.

Explanation:

About the Poet

Gieve Patel is a famous Indian poet and playwright. Patel is also a practicing doctor. He was bom in Mumbai in 1940. He completed all his education from Mumbai. His first collection of poetry was entitled poems and was launched by Nisim Ezekiel in 1966. How Do You Withstand, Body and Mirrored Mirroring are some of his famous collections. He also wrote famous plays like—Princes, Savaska and Mr. Behram. He conducted a poetry workshop in Rishi Valley school for more than a decade. He also edited a collection of poetry which was published in 2006.

Central Idea of the Poem

In this poem, there is a beautiful ironic statement written by the poet about ‘Killing’ a tree. Actually, he means its opposite. He taunts how trees are to be ‘killed’ but they mustn’t. He further says that a tree is hard to kill with the knife. The tree takes years to grow from the earth. He says that to ‘kill’ a tree, its roots must be pulled out entirely from the soil. This poem also conveys a message that the trees are our lifeline. So they must not be killed. He instructs how a tree is ‘killed’. He gives out the message that trees are something pious and like human beings. He conveys that the tree is very deep rooted and cannot be wiped out easily. He indicates and compares it with the evil which also deep rooted in the surroundings and cannot be uprooted so easily without changing the environment.

Theme of the Poem

The poet considers the tree as a living organism. According to poet, it has the right to live like any other creatures. But the man is killing it with utmost cruelty and callousness. This poem indirectly gives out a strong idea that trees are our lifeline. So they mustn’t be killed. The poet instructs how a tree is ‘killed’. But actually he means its opposite. It implies that a person shall be a murderer if he ‘kills’ it this way. He says that a knife will not do harm to a tree. At last poet conveys that if the tree is killed, it must be uprooted completely. On stating this the poet taunts the people cutting the trees. The message in the end is that trees are something pious and like human beings. They are precious so they must not be cut. The poet also conveys that the tree is deep rooted and cannot be removed easily. He compared it with the evils which he thinks are deep rooted and cannot be removed easily.