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On Killing a Tree by Gieve Patel

Q.

1.Bring out the appropriateness of the title of the poem "On Killing a Tree".

Ans:To the world of human conscience, Gieve Patel's poem "On Killing a Tree" extracted from the poet's original work Poems does convey to us a sense irony that has been echoed through splendid piece of poetic exuberance. It feels like that cutting down a tree almost becomes a ceremonial task. At the surface level the readers are exposed to the time-consuming  task of killing a tree and on a deeper level the perversity and tragedy of the action is implied as the tree stands as the symbol of the flame of life invariably implicating the sense of murder by the human beings. As a simple jab of the knife or hacking and chopping can't not kill a tree, cruel man uses a number of ruthless methods  to kill a tree. So in order to Kill a tree,its life-supporting root is to be removed from the earth. It has to roped, tied and pulled out or snapped out entirely from the 'earth-cave'.Then as the process of uprooting is completed, the tree has to be browned, hardened, twisted and withered and choked in the air and the scorching sunlight. And finally the tree gets killed in the process, awakening our sense of spiritual values and reminding us as how brutally we treat the trees which, in reality, are our best friends.Thus,the title with an elegiac note points out the utter callousness and savagery of man  towards trees and it brilliantly captures the mood of the poem. So the title is an excellent choice.

Glossary :  

1.Poetic exuberance: কাব্যিক সাধনা।

2.Eligiac                      : শোকাবহ।  

3.Savagery                 : নৃশংসতা‌ ‌।

4.Callousness           : বিচেতন /উদাসীন।

5.Ruthless                  : নির্দয়।

6.Time-consuming   : সময় গ্রাসকারী।

7.Spiritual values      : আধ্যাত্মিক গুণাবলী।

8.Persversity.             : নষ্টামি/ বিকৃতি।

9.Tragedy                    : শোকসন্তপ্ত ঘটনা।

10.Choke                     : শ্বাসরুদ্ধ হওয়া।

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