1. What does the poet mean by ‘bleeding bark’?

Question

Based on the understanding of the poem, answer the following questions in a sentence or two.

1. What does the poet mean by ‘bleeding bark’?

2. Why the poet says ‘No’ in the beginning of the third stanza?

3. How should the root be pulled out?

4. What is hidden inside the earth for years?

5. What finally happens to the tree in this poem?

Answer 1

1. The cut in the bark oozes sap. The poet compares the fluid to blood

2. He wants to emphasize that it is not so easy to kill a tree.

3. The root must be roped, tied, pulled out, snapped out, and exposed.

4. Life and legacy is hidden inside the earth.

5. The tree is killed.