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The poem describes how bulldozers came and destroyed the forest habitat. In the first stanza, rooks were building nests in oak trees and green flies buzzed by the pond as a toad waited to eat them. In the second stanza, squirrels scrambled up trees but branches were being knocked down by bulldozers. In the third stanza, a fox woke to the ground trembling but thought he was safe in his hole, until the bulldozer dug him out. The poem shows how nature and animal lives were disrupted by the destruction of the forest for development.

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Form 3 Poem Questions

The poem describes how bulldozers came and destroyed the forest habitat. In the first stanza, rooks were building nests in oak trees and green flies buzzed by the pond as a toad waited to eat them. In the second stanza, squirrels scrambled up trees but branches were being knocked down by bulldozers. In the third stanza, a fox woke to the ground trembling but thought he was safe in his hole, until the bulldozer dug him out. The poem shows how nature and animal lives were disrupted by the destruction of the forest for development.

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Form 3 Poem:

The Day the Bulldozers Came David Orme

Meaning of the Stanza

Poem Meaning
Stanza
The day the bulldozers came
Rooks were building
When the bulldozers came to the forest, Rooks (a
Crazy egg baskets in the oaks; type of bird) were making nests (egg baskets) in oak
Stanza trees.
1 Green flies sizzled by the pond
Green flies were buzzing around the pond while a
And a cold-eyed toad toad was waiting to eat them.
Waited for them.

The day the bulldozers came


Squirrels were scattering When the bulldozers came to the forest, squirrels
were scared and they were running up the trees.
Stanza Up tree trunks,
They tried to leap from branch to branch, but the
2 And leapt from branches tree branches were no longer there. The bulldozers
had knocked them down.
That were hardly there.

The fox
Stirred in his sleep
As the ground trembled.
Ha ha! he thought, The fox woke up from his nap but he went back to
Stanza sleep. He felt the ground shake but he thought he
Im quite safe, was safe deep down in the foxhole. However, the
3
Deep down in the Earth, bulldozers came and dug him out of the soil!

No one can get me here.


Then the bulldozer came.

Themes:

1. Destruction of nature

The bulldozers are designed to knock down trees and flatten lands for development. However this
has resulted in the destruction of nature. Many trees are knocked down. Animals lose their home
and have no where to go.

2. Change is inevitable
Life is always changing. Change cannot be avoided. For example, the bulldozers are invented to
replace the animals and help human to develop new lands.
3. Alertness
It is important to be alert to our surroundings. For example, the fox believes that as long as he
hides in the hole, he will be safe. However he does not realize that the change that humans make
is now able to harm him even though he is deep in the ground. He needs to be alert so that he can
survive the change.
4. Disruption of life
The lives of the animals in the forest are disrupted by humans activities. For example, the
bulldozers knock down the tree branches where the squirrels live. The bulldozers also disrupt the
home of the foxes by digging up the foxholes.

Moral values:

1. We should be alert to any threats and changes around us.


2. We should be ready to face changes.
3. We should respect the nature and the animals that depend on it.
4. We should protect flora and fauna and the only Earth we have.
5. We should understand that development projects can bring harm to the nature.

Poisoned Talk By Raymond Wilson

Meaning of Stanza

Number Stanza Meaning


Who killed cock robin? The worm said the acid soil
I, said the worm, poisoned it and now it had
I did him great harm. poisoned cock robin after the bird
1 ate the worm
He died on the branch of a withered tree
From the acid soil that poisoned me..

Who killed the heron? The fish said its poisoned flesh
I, mouthed the fish, killed all the birds of the lake.
2
With my tainted flesh
I killed tern, duck and drake,
All the birds of the lake

Who killed the lake? Industry (factories) said it


I, boasted Industry, poisoned the lake with mercury.
3
I poisoned with mercury All fish, plants and weed died
because men polluted the lake.
Fish, plant and weed
To pamper mens greed.
Who killed the flowers? The wind said it killed the flowers
I, moaned the wind, because it blowed acid rain over
4
I prowl unconfined, field, flood and fen.
Blowing acid rain
Over field, flood and fen.

Who killed the forest? Sulphur dioxide (from cars and


I ensured that it died, factories) said it killed the forest
5
Said sulphur dioxide. and everything that lived in the
forest
And all life within it,
from earthworm to linnet.

Themes :

Environmental Pollution
Men are willing to destroy our mother nature for more money and power. The factories, cars, and
other vehicles release poisonous gas and substances like mercury. This pollutes the lake and the
flora and fauna in it.

Destruction of nature

Nature has flora and fauna. They affect one another. When the lake gets polluted, the fish that
lives in it will get poisoned. When the birds eat the fishes, the birds get poisoned. Also, if the wind
is polluted, it brings the poisonous gas everywhere; all plants will wither and die. In the end, it
destroys our mother nature.

Moral Values :

We must be responsible for the things we do.


We must take actions to stop pollutions.
We must respect nature.
We must appreciate the Earth.
We must not be too greedy (for money and power)
We must protect our environment

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