Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“And the strength of the tree exposed.”—Where does this line occur? What is described as the strength of the tree’? How is it exposed?
The line mentioned above occurs in the poem ‘On Killing a Tree’ by Gieve Patel.
The root of a tree is described as the strength of the tree’.
When the root of a tree is pulled out of the soil, it gets exposed to the sun and air. The tree feels no pain then as it is already dead. Therefore, the root becomes brown in colour and the cell sap becomes dry. The root becomes hard, twisted in shape and withered. In this way, the strength of the tree is exposed.