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On Killing A Tree (Poem-8) Summary || Class 9 English Beehive || Poem 8 ||

Posted on 29/05/202320/07/2023 by Anshul Gupta

Poem – 8

 On Killing A Tree

In this post, we have given the summary of the Poem 8 “On Killing A Tree”. It is the 8th Poem of the prose of Class 9th CBSE board English. 

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Chapter no.Poem 8
Chapter NameOn Killing A Tree
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Class 9 English Beehive Poem 8 “On Killing A Tree” Summary
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Poem 8, On Killing A Tree

-by Gieve Patel

Stanza- 1

It takes much time to kill a tree

Upon its crust, absorbing

Not a simple jab of the knife

Years of sunlight, air, water,

Will do it. It has grown

And out of its leprous hide

Slowly consuming the earth,

Sprouting leaves.

Rising out of it, feeding

Explanation: In this stanza, the poet comments on the way a person cuts down a tree in order to serve his purpose. The poet says that it is not easy to cut down a tree because a simple jab of the knife is never enough to wipe out its existence. The reason behind its strength is its consuming the resources which it has got from the earth’s crust so powerfully. Years of absorption of sunlight, air and water from which the earth has made its growth so perfect that a jab of knife won’t do much. It will come out with leaves again and will grow as ever.

व्याख्या: इस छंद में कवि इस बात पर टिप्पणी करता है कि कैसे एक व्यक्ति अपने उद्देश्य की पूर्ति के लिए एक पेड़ को काटता है। कवि कहता है कि एक पेड़ को काटना आसान नहीं है क्योंकि चाकू की एक साधारण चुभन उसके अस्तित्व को मिटाने के लिए कभी भी पर्याप्त नहीं होती है। इसकी ताकत का कारण यह है कि यह पृथ्वी की पपड़ी से प्राप्त संसाधनों का इतनी ताकत से उपभोग कर रहा है। सूर्य के प्रकाश, हवा और पानी के अवशोषण के वर्षों से, जिससे पृथ्वी ने अपना विकास इतना उत्तम बना लिया है कि एक चाकू के वार से कुछ नहीं होगा। यह फिर से पत्तियों के साथ निकलेगा और हमेशा की तरह बढ़ेगा।

Stanza- 2

So hack and chop

Will rise curled green twigs,

But this alone wont do it.

Miniature boughs

Not so much pain will do it.

Which if unchecked will expand again

The bleeding bark will heal

To former size

And from close to the ground

Explanation: In this stanza, the poet further states the ways of cutting a tree. As the jab of the knife was not sufficient, the poet advises us to hit the tree severely in the form of hacking and chopping. But, the poet contrasts that even that won’t be enough to kill the tree. This hacking and chopping would raise a pain to the tree but not good enough to kill it. The bark will ooze leak) out with the liquid secretion, but over a period of time, it gets healed. Then, the fighting spirit of the tree will make it alive again. From close to the ground, it will start a new life again by giving rise to new leaves and small boughs. These will make the tree so glorious again that it will acquire its former size. Therefore, it is not easy to cut or kill a tree.

व्याख्या: इस छंद में कवि आगे पेड़ काटने के तरीके बताता है। चूँकि चाकू की चुभन पर्याप्त नहीं थी, कवि हमें पेड़ को काटने और काटने के रूप में गंभीर रूप से मारने की सलाह देता है। लेकिन, कवि इसका विरोध करता है कि वह भी पेड़ को मारने के लिए पर्याप्त नहीं होगा। इस हैकिंग और चॉपिंग से पेड़ को दर्द होगा लेकिन इसे मारने के लिए पर्याप्त नहीं है। तरल स्राव के साथ छाल बाहर निकल जाएगी), लेकिन समय के साथ, यह ठीक हो जाती है। तब वृक्ष की जुझारूपन उसे फिर से जीवित कर देगी। जमीन के करीब से यह नई पत्तियों और छोटी-छोटी शाखाओं को जन्म देकर फिर से एक नया जीवन शुरू करेगा। ये पेड़ को फिर से इतना शानदार बना देंगे कि यह अपने पूर्व आकार को प्राप्त कर लेगा। इसलिए किसी पेड़ को काटना या मारना आसान नहीं है।

Stanza- 3

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.

Explanation: In the previous stanzas, the poet has discussed the various ways of killing the tree, but still the free has managed to survive so the poet came up with another idea. He says that the root needs to be pulled out of the earth where it has stocked its strength. To do this, one needs to rope the roots, then pull out the whole mass outside. When the roots are out of the earth cave, then the actual strength of the tree i.e. the roots are exposed to the sun or environment. The source of life of the tree which is roots, is now exposed and out and its root matter is white and wet with absorption of water. It is now subjected to the outside world. This is the actual start of the death of the tree as the life-source of free, it roots, are exposed.

व्याख्या: पिछले छंदों में, कवि ने पेड़ को मारने के विभिन्न तरीकों पर चर्चा की है, लेकिन फिर भी मुक्त जीवित रहने में कामयाब रहा है, इसलिए कवि एक और विचार लेकर आया। वह कहता है कि जड़ को उस धरती से बाहर निकालने की जरूरत है जहां उसने अपनी ताकत जमा की है। ऐसा करने के लिए, जड़ों को रस्सी से बांधना होगा, फिर पूरे द्रव्यमान को बाहर निकालना होगा। जब जड़ें पृथ्वी की गुफा से बाहर होती हैं, तब पेड़ की वास्तविक ताकत यानी जड़ें सूर्य या पर्यावरण के संपर्क में आती हैं। वृक्ष के जीवन का स्रोत जो जड़ें हैं, अब बाहर निकल आया है और उसका मूल पदार्थ पानी के अवशोषण के साथ सफेद और गीला है। यह अब बाहरी दुनिया के अधीन है। यह मुक्त के जीवन-स्रोत के रूप में वृक्ष की मृत्यु की वास्तविक शुरुआत है, इसकी जड़ें उजागर हो गई हैं।

Stanza- 4

Then the matter

Browning, hardening,

Of scorching and choking

Twisting, withering,

In sun and air,

And then it is done.

Explanation: In the previous stanza, the poet discussed the way a tree is uprooted and exposed to the surrounding. When the tree is uprooted and left open in the surrounding, then the sun starts drying it up with the burning heat. This intense heat makes the root of the tree getting choked in the air and sunlight. Heat makes the root brown which was white earlier and hardens it by soaking all the moisture content. Then, the root starts twisting from its original shape and finally gets withered from its parts. This brings the actual end to the life of the tree and that is how it is done in the end. The poet takes us into a detailed account of how we kill a tree, what suffering does it have to face and how harsh our attitude is for the ones which is the breath of our lives.

व्याख्या: पिछले छंद में, कवि ने चर्चा की है कि कैसे एक पेड़ को उखाड़ा जाता है और आसपास के वातावरण को उजागर किया जाता है। जब पेड़ को उखाड़कर आसपास खुला छोड़ दिया जाता है तो धूप उसे तपती गर्मी से सुखाने लगती है। इस तीव्र गर्मी से पेड़ की जड़ हवा और धूप में दम घुटने लगती है। गर्मी जड़ को भूरा बना देती है जो पहले सफेद थी और सारी नमी को सोख कर सख्त कर देती है। फिर जड़ अपने मूल आकार से मुड़ने लगती है और अंत में अपने भागों से मुरझा जाती है। यह पेड़ के जीवन का वास्तविक अंत लाता है और अंत में ऐसा ही किया जाता है। हम एक पेड़ को कैसे मारते हैं, उसे किस तरह के कष्टों का सामना करना पड़ता है और जो हमारे जीवन की सांस है, उसके लिए हमारा रवैया कितना कठोर है, इसका भी कवि ने विस्तार से वर्णन किया है।

Conclusion of On Killing a Tree

On Killing a Tree Summary discusses how to completely kill a tree in quite an ironical sense that touches the heart of readers.

ऑन किलिंग ए ट्री सारांश चर्चा करता है कि कैसे एक पेड़ को पूरी तरह से पूरी तरह से एक विडंबनापूर्ण तरीके से मारा जाए जो पाठकों के दिल को छू जाता है।

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