Thursday 31 December 2015

Activities On Concrete Jungle




We used to think seven generations ahead
Now we are become selfish
Only thinking about me, myself and I
Only thinking in the present, not learning from the past.
We used to stroll barefoot through the overgrown grass,
Its morning dew tickling our feet
Now we step outside onto the rugged concrete
No more natural than the over processed food we eat
We used to walk down the snow sprinkled trail,
Maybe catch a glimpse of a bobcat, playing eye tricks with its tail
Now there is only one type of bobcat we see
The one that is fur free, clearing the pavement of all debris
We used to walk through a footpath in a forest of pine
The smell intoxicating our lungs and mind
Now the only smell to be found comes from plastic trees
Swaying on my rear-view mirror, labelled pine breeze
We used to watch the valley play hide and seek
Shadowed by the mountain's immeasurable peak
Considered the largest thing known to man
Now skyscrapers are the most extravagant and titanic part of the plan
We used to sit next to the stream, the wind caressing our crown
Watching the magnificent untamed beasts roam far, far from town
Now they are just characters of folktales, memories we pass down
An adjective to describe someone, no more a noun
This could be our reality
If we continue to live in impracticality
No more vast, endless oceans-
Only littered swamps, the colour of a witch's potions.
No more soaring birds overhead-
Only planes, so loud they rock your bed.
No more woods
No more natural goods
We have little time
To change our self centered, one track minds
Before we are stuck with a great heap of jumble
Left only with an artificial concrete jungle.

A1  Complete the statements : 
1. We would  think.......................... in past.
2  You think about ................nowadays.
A2 Differntiate poet's thinking about the past and present.
A3 Compare the past and the present lifestyle.
A4 Enlist the types of food we eat.
A5 Say whether the following sentences are true or false.

a) We would catch a glimpse of bobcat.
b) The smell in cities intoxicates our lungs and mind.
c) The valley plays hide and seek.
d) The mountain's immeasurable peak is the second largest thing known to man.
A6 Narrate the experience of poet walking through the jungle.
A7 "Its morning dew tickling our feet" Name and Explain the figures of speech.

Pick out an example of alliteration.
A8 "The one that is fur free"Name and Explain the figures of speech.

Pick out an example of personification
A9 Suggest solutions to avoid embarrassing condition of environment.
À10. Enlist the problems referred to in the extract.
A11 State the would be reality of nature  if we continue impractically.
A12 Compose four lines telling importance of jungle.
A13 Arrange these lines as abab rhyme scheme. 
No more vast, endless oceans-
Only littered swamps, the colour of a witch's potions.
No more soaring birds overhead-
Only planes, so loud they rock your bed.


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