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1. 1.

   What can a simple jab of a knife not achieve and why?

2. 2.

   What does the poet mean by 'slowly consuming the earth'? Quote another line to prove the importance of the earth in the life of a tree.

3. 3.

   How, over the years, has the tree been nurtured?

4. 4.

   How does the poet prove the resilience of the tree in the second stanza?

5. 5.

   What would be the most effective means of killing the tree and why?

6. 6.

   What does the poet mean by the 'strength of the tree'?