The root is to be pulled out One of the anchoring earth;

Question

Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions in a sentence or two.

The root is to be pulled out 

One of the anchoring earth;

(i) Why should the root be pulled out?

(ii) What does ‘anchoring earth’ mean?

Answer 1

(i) The root should be pulled out to kill the tree.

(ii) Anchoring earth means that the roots fixed to the earth strongly like an anchor.