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    The poem describes the process of killing a tree in 4 stanzas. [1] A tree grows slowly over many years absorbing nutrients from the soil through its roots. [2] Simply hacking or chopping the tree will not kill it, as the roots will heal and new shoots will grow. [3] To truly kill the tree, its roots must be entirely pulled out of the ground, exposing the sensitive root system that has been hidden for years. [4] Once uprooted, the tree will dry out and wither when exposed to the sun and air, twisting and browning until it is completely dead.

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    The poem describes the process of killing a tree in 4 stanzas. [1] A tree grows slowly over many years absorbing nutrients from the soil through its roots. [2] Simply hacking or chopping the tree will not kill it, as the roots will heal and new shoots will grow. [3] To truly kill the tree, its roots must be entirely pulled out of the ground, exposing the sensitive root system that has been hidden for years. [4] Once uprooted, the tree will dry out and wither when exposed to the sun and air, twisting and browning until it is completely dead.

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    The poem describes the process of killing a tree in 4 stanzas. [1] A tree grows slowly over many years absorbing nutrients from the soil through its roots. [2] Simply hacking or chopping the tree will not kill it, as the roots will heal and new shoots will grow. [3] To truly kill the tree, its roots must be entirely pulled out of the ground, exposing the sensitive root system that has been hidden for years. [4] Once uprooted, the tree will dry out and wither when exposed to the sun and air, twisting and browning until it is completely dead.

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    The poem describes the process of killing a tree in 4 stanzas. [1] A tree grows slowly over many years absorbing nutrients from the soil through its roots. [2] Simply hacking or chopping the tree will not kill it, as the roots will heal and new shoots will grow. [3] To truly kill the tree, its roots must be entirely pulled out of the ground, exposing the sensitive root system that has been hidden for years. [4] Once uprooted, the tree will dry out and wither when exposed to the sun and air, twisting and browning until it is completely dead.

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    On Killing a Tree

    - Gieve patel
    Stanza 1:-

    It takes much time to kill a tree,


    Not a simple jab of the knife
    Will do it. It has grown
    Slowly consuming the earth,
    Rising out of it, feeding
    Upon its crust, absorbing
    Years of sunlight, air, water,
    And out of its leprous hide
    Sprouting leaves.
    Explanation:- In the above stanza, a simple knife jab would not be able
    to cut the tree. A plant to germinate needs nutrients from the soil to
    nurture. The tree firmly binds the soil and takes sunlight, water, and air
    to grow into a strong trunk with green healthy leaves.
    Meanings:- Jab: sudden rough blow
    Leprous hide: discolored bark
    Poetic Devices:- Methaphor: Leprous hide – the uneven color of the
    surface of the trunk of a tree is compared to the skin of a person
    suffering from leprosy.
    QUESTIONS

    Q.1]Can a “simple jab of the knife” kill a tree? Why


    not?
    Q.2] How does a tree grow?
    Stanza 2.
    So hack and chop
    But this alone won't do it.
    Not so much pain will do it.
    The bleeding bark will heal
    And from close to the ground
    Will rise curled green twigs,
    Miniature boughs
    Which if unchecked will expand again
    To the former size.
    Explanation:- Humans cut and chop the bark into many pieces but that
    is not sufficient to destroy the tree because as soon as the tree is jabbed
    by the human, it also bleeds like them. Gradually it heals its wounds, and
    new shoots sprout from it.
    Meanings:- Hack: cut roughly by striking heavy blows
    Miniature: small
    Poetic Devices:- Alliteration: Bleeding Bark
    Personification: Bleeding Bark
    QUESTIONS

    Q.1] Why will green twigs rise from the close to


    the ground?
    Q.2] Explain - ‘Not so much pain will do it
    Stanza 3.
    No,
    The root is to be pulled out —
    Out of the anchoring earth;
    It is to be roped, tied,
    And pulled out — snapped out
    Or pulled out entirely,
    Out from the earth-cave,
    And the strength of the tree exposed
    The source, white and wet,
    The most sensitive, hidden
    For years inside the earth.
    Explanation:- The poet says to kill a tree, one has to uproot it and
    separate its roots from the earth that gives it nutrition and support. The
    roots bind him with the soil, and the hidden part has to be separated from
    it.
    Meanings:- Anchoring earth: trees are held securely with the help of the
    roots in the earth
    Snapped out: chopped out
    Poetic Devices:- Repitition: Pulled out
    Alliteration: White and Wet
    QUESTIONS

    Q.1] Where does the strength of the tree lie?


    Q.2] Why is the source most sensitive one?
    Stanza 4.

    Then the matter


    Of scorching and choking
    In sun and air,
    Browning, hardening,
    Twisting, withering,
    And then it is done.
    Explanation:- As soon as the tree is uprooted, it withers and dries in the
    sun’s scorching heat and the wind’s action. The woody trunk will
    become brown and get twisted. Finally, it will dry up and never revive.
    Meanings:- Scorching and choking: the drying up of the tree after being
    uprooted
    Withering:- drying
    QUESTIONS

    Q.1] How do the sun and the air contribute to


    its killing?
    Q.2] What does this stanza signify?
    THANK YOU!
    BY:- Muskan Gupta
    Tanvi Gupta
    Priyanka Kaswan
    Soham

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