UNIT 2C
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Warned,
Sylvia Stults
WORD MEANING:
1. Rendered – caused to
come or happen
2. Dimmed – not clear,
faded
3. Obscured – blocking the
view from visibility, not clear
4. Haze – causing or ending
in death
5. Gleamed – showed
6. Abundant – available in
plenty
7. Littered – making dirty
8. Plight – condition
9. Barring – hindering, not
allowing
10. Baring – carrying
11. Reap – harvest, producing
crop
12. Weed – unwanted grass
13. Scarce – rare, shortage
C.2 READ THE
STORY
a. What is meant by sands of time?
By ‘sands of time', the poet means the years that have
passed by.
b. The phrase trunks baring professed love means.
These lines describe the beauty of trees. The author means
that the trees were so tall and their huge branches were like trunks. As they
go high and with wind falls on each other, the poet sees it as expressing their
feeling, love and care by extending their branches.
C.6 ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
a. What does the poet mean by the, paper
joined pollution’s team?
'Paper joined pollution's team' means that pollution caused
by the production and use of paper. It talks about manufacture of paper which is
also responsible for deforestation.
b. In what ways have our waters changed over
time? How do you think the narrator feels about this change?
Before pollution our waters was crystal clear, gleamed
and abundant with fish. Now littered, brown and polluted. It indicates a shift
from gleamed waters to sandy brown ocean floor.
The narrator is sad by this change.
c. Why does the poet urge the reader to –
Tear out old roots, cultivate, weed?
The poet urges the reader to "Tear out old roots,
cultivate, weed" in order to encourage and promote a healthier
environment. Deforestation has led the remains of the roots and needs immediate
replacement with trees. Therefore, poet wants us to plant and cultivate trees.
d. What has been referred to in the poem as
that fatal day? Why has it been called fatal?
The fatal day, in the poem, is referred to the day
when the natural resources and beauty of our environment are lost due to
pollution and human negligence. It is called fatal because once they’re gone,
they cannot come back; and we cannot say, we did not know about it, for we were
warned.
Ex. C.4 Based on your reading choose the
correct options. (Page: 55)
The sands of time have rendered fear
Blue skies on high no longer clear
Stars where bright whence they came
Now dimmed, obscured, pollution’s haze
Crystal clear our waters gleamed
Ocean floors sandy white
Now littered, brown, pollution’s plight
a.
Find out the first line from the
extract hinting that the poem talks about pollution.
i.
line 2
b. Which of these adversities have NOT
been mentioned in the extract?
ii.
noise pollution
c. Which of these sentences can be
determined based on the information given in the extract?
Sentence 1: The skies used to be blue and clear in the past.
Sentence 2: The skies are blue and clear now.
Sentence 3: The starts used to be dim and obscured by haze in the past.
Sentence 4: The stars are dim and obscured by haze now.
Sentence 5: The ocean floors used to be sandy and white in the past.
ii.
Sentences 1, 4 and 5 and 4
d. Which option best describes the mood of
the extract quoted from the poem.
iii.
lamenting
e. Now dimmed, obscured, pollution’s
haze – What does the word haze mean here?
i.
Something such as heat or smoke in the air that makes it less clear, so that it
is difficult to see well.
C.7 ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
a. Why is the poem titled Warned? What is
the warning about? How relevant is this warning today? Discuss.
The poem is titled "Warned" because it
serves as a warning against degradation and pollution.
The warning is about irreversible damage. Once our
natural resources, such as clean waters, blue skies, abundant wildlife, and
healthy forests are gone, damaged or polluted, it will certainly affect us.
Hence, the poet is warning us to take immediate action to protect and preserve
these vital elements of our planet.
The warning is highly relevant even today as
environmental issues like pollution, deforestation, and climate change continue
to pose significant threats to our planet and future generations.
b. Imagine a tree that has seen the
destruction of many other trees in the forest is talking to a woodcutter who
has come to cut it down. Write a dialogue.
Tree: I beg you woodcutter, please do not hurt me.
Woodcutter: But I need your wood to survive. If I do not sell the wood, my
family will go hungry.
Tree: I understand, However, if you kill all the
trees, will you and your family survive? Will any human be able to breathe if
there are no trees around?"…
DO BY SELF
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