NCERT Class 9 Eighth Chapter Poem Solution On Killing a Tree
NCERT Class 9 Eighth Chapter Poem Solution On Killing a Tree Exercise Question and Answers by Experts. Class 9 Poem On Killing a Tree.
Thinking about the Poem I.
1.) Can a “simple jab of the knife” kill a tree? Why not?
Answer:
No, a simple job of the knife cannot kill a tree because the cutting point will heal soon and from there curl green twings means new leaves and branches will come out which will soon become a huge tree.
2.) How has the tree grown to its full size? List the words suggestive of its life and activity.
Answer:
A tree grows up slowly. A plant takes nutrition from the soil and takes the help of sunlight, air, and water to become a huge tree with many leaves and branches.
Suggestive words of its life and activity are ->
Consuming the earth, rising out of it, feeding upon its crust, absorbing sunlight, air, water etc.
3.) What is the meaning of “bleeding bark”? What makes it bleed?
Answer:
When the tree gets hurt it gives out sap just like a human being bleeds. To express this, the poet used the phrase bleeding bark.
A simple job of the knife or hacking and chopping makes it bleed.
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4.) The poet says “No” in the beginning of the third stanza. What does he mean by this?
Answer:
In the beginning of the third stanza the poet used the word “No” to highlight the matter that the tree will not die by hacking and chopping.
5.) What is the meaning of “anchoring earth” and “earth cave”?
Answer:
Anchor is used to hold something tightly. Similarly help trees to bind it tightly with the soil. That is why it is compared with anchor and “anchoring earth” means roots are anchoring with the earth to get support.
6.) What does he mean by “the strength of the tree exposed”?
Answer:
Roots help trees to bind up tightly and stand firmly upon the earth. So we may say that roots are the actual strength of trees. When roots are uprooted, the strength of trees, roots will no longer remain hidden in the Earth.
7.) What finally kills the tree?
Answer:
When then trees are being uprooted from the earth and then dried up with the help of sun and air, finally they die.
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