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Question
Based on the reading of the poem, complete the web chart given below.
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Solution
Gieve Patel's poem is about..
- Killing a tree is killing a life.
- To create a new awareness in the minds of the people.
- Trees too feel the pain and bleed.
- Cutting a tree is an act of murder.
- Deforestation is the result of man’s greed.
- Disapproval of mankind is failure to care for the earth.
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