Question

What finally kills the tree in the poem on killing the tree​

Answer 1

• In the poem "On Killing A Tree", to kill a tree, one has to uproot it and violently remove it from the very source of its life-sustaining force, which lies deep down in the bowels of the earth.
• The tree will then remain ruthlessly stripped of its vitality and its dignity.
• Once uprooted, the sun and the air burn, dry and stifle the tree as it were the life-giving sap, leaving the tree brown, hard, gnarled and shrivelled up, devoid of life and beauty.
• This finally kills the tree.

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Answer 2

The tree is finally killed by pulling out of the mother

earth when the roots are exposed to sunlight & air

the tree begins to get scorched & choked. It then

started withering.

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-Lexi