Presentation by: Sanjay Dange TGT(English) JNV, Prabhat Pattan,Dist: Betul (M.P.)

NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA SAMITI

BHOPAL REGION

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In this poem the tree is a symbol of evil which is very deep-rooted and cannot be wiped off easily. cutting a tree merely will not kill it because it has the ability to sprout again after some time. A tree cannot be killed by a simple jab of knife. A tree grows very slowly by feeding itself on the earth. It indicates that evil is also deep rooted in the surroundings and can not be uprooted so easily without changing the environment. For uprooting the tree one has to tie the rope to it and then pull it out completely. Then it will come out of the cave and expose its white roots to the sunlight. After that the roots will get dry and the sun and the air will make the roots brown and hard. They will make it twist and wither slowly and finally the tree is killed.

WELCOME TO WATCH A PRESENTATION ON “ON KILLING A TREE”

ABOUT THE POET GIEVE PATEL was born in1940. He is a poet

and playwright . He is a medical practitioner by profession. He was educated at St. Xavier High School and Grant medical college, Bombay. His Poems are unspectacular take-offs on the Indian scene on which he comments with fastidiousness. He gives very minute detail in the Frostian style. In 1984, he was awarded Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to the Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. to write a play-Mr. Behram’.

Some his famous poems are: On killing a tree, Servants, Naryal purnima, Nargal, on my own cadaver and commerce.

FIRST STANZA

It takes much time to kill a tree,Not a simple jab of the knifeWill do it. It has grownSlowly consuming the earth, Rising out of it, feedingUpon its crust, absorbingYears of sunlight, air, water,And out if its leprous hideSprouting leaves.

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SECOND STANZA

So hack and chopBut this alone won’t do it.Not so much pain will do it.The bleeding bark will healAnd from close to the groundWill rise curled green twigs,Miniature boughsWhich if unchecked will expand againTo former size.

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THIRD STANZA

No,The root has to be pulled out –Out of the anchoring earth;It is to be roped, tied,And pulled out – snapped outOr pulled out entirely,Out from the earth-cave,And the strength of the tree exposed,The source, white and wet,The most sensitive, hiddenFour years inside the earth.

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LAST STANZA

Then the matterOf scorching and chokingIn sun and air,Browning, hardening,Twisting, withering,And then it is done

ON KILLING A TREE

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PRESENTED BY:

SANJAY DANGETGT ENGLISHJNV PRABHAT -PATTAN DISTT. BETULM.P.

ON KILLING A TREE It takes much time to kill a tree,

Not a simple jab of the knifeWill 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.

ON KILLING A TREE 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 closed to the ground Will rise curled green twigs,Miniature boughs Which if unchecked will expand again To former size.

ON KILLING A TREE 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.

Then the matter Of scorching and choking In sun and air,Browning, hardening ,Twisting, withering,And then it is done.