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Mills pumping out iron expelling yellow fumes

Airlines emitting caustic gases from fuels

Weapons of destruction tested at desolate sites

And this is the air that’s to sustain life?

There has to be something that someone can do

Like raise the awareness among those around you

That if we don’t heed the problem at hand.

It’s your life that’s at stake, the destruction of man.

charred — burned or scorched; wadded — rolled or folded into a small ball or lump; crude — unrefined
or raw, often referring to oil; caustic — able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action;
desolate — deserted and bleak, often referring to places.

ASSESS YOURSELF
ASSESS YOURSELF

Let's Read and Reflect Comprehension

A. Tick (3) the correct option.
1. What does the poet describe as being tossed on the grass?

(a) Flowers (b) Broken bottles and wadded newspapers

(c) Fruits
2. What is described as being sprayed on our food?

(a) Water (b) Poisons and insecticides (c) Juice

3. What environmental issue is mentioned regarding the oceans?
(a) Rising temperatures

(b) Thick oil crude filling the oceans

(c) Overfishing
4. What is the poet concerned about with respect to the air?

(a) It being too clean (b) It being too dry (c) It being too humid

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