Identify the lines that reveal the critical tone of the poet towards the felling of the tree.

There are many expressions in the poem that reveal the critical tone of the poet towards the felling of the tree:

“Its scraggy aerial roots fell to the ground”

“Sawing them off for seven days and the heap was huge”

“Insects and birds began to leave the tree”

“Fifty men with axes chopped and chopped”

“We watched in terror and fascination this slaughter”