What is the significance of depicting the leaders of the struggle as trees in the poem For Don M?

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What is the significance of depicting the leaders of the struggle as trees in the poem  For Don M ?

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Like trees, they live a long time, surviving almost anything.

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Like trees, they are unmoving and stubborn in their beliefs.

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Like trees, they provide fruit and sustenance for those around them.

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Like trees, they are easy targets and are battered by the elements (the regime).

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