On Killing a Tree
By Gieve Patel Gieve Patel’s ‘On Killing a Tree’ is a sarcastic poem about man’s indiscriminate destruction of trees. The tree is presented as an enemy to man. Man is presented as a professional killer who thinks of all possible ways to torture the tree. Explanation: Stanza-1 (Line: 1 – 9): The poem begins ironically, … Read more
