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    The poem describes a dialogue between a curious grandchild and their grandparents. The grandchild asks about what life was like in the past without modern conveniences. The grandparents explain that in the past, they led a simple life without pollution, stress, or traffic jams. They feared God and nature. Now, people are more focused on money and material goods. While life is easier today with technologies like air conditioning, people seem less happy and more stressed. The grandparents imply modern living has come at the cost of spiritual and environmental values.

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    The poem describes a dialogue between a curious grandchild and their grandparents. The grandchild asks about what life was like in the past without modern conveniences. The grandparents explain that in the past, they led a simple life without pollution, stress, or traffic jams. They feared God and nature. Now, people are more focused on money and material goods. While life is easier today with technologies like air conditioning, people seem less happy and more stressed. The grandparents imply modern living has come at the cost of spiritual and environmental values.

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    The poem describes a dialogue between a curious grandchild and their grandparents. The grandchild asks about what life was like in the past without modern conveniences. The grandparents explain that in the past, they led a simple life without pollution, stress, or traffic jams. They feared God and nature. Now, people are more focused on money and material goods. While life is easier today with technologies like air conditioning, people seem less happy and more stressed. The grandparents imply modern living has come at the cost of spiritual and environmental values.

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    Literature Form 2 Poems - 2

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    The poem describes a dialogue between a curious grandchild and their grandparents. The grandchild asks about what life was like in the past without modern conveniences. The grandparents explain that in the past, they led a simple life without pollution, stress, or traffic jams. They feared God and nature. Now, people are more focused on money and material goods. While life is easier today with technologies like air conditioning, people seem less happy and more stressed. The grandparents imply modern living has come at the cost of spiritual and environmental values.

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    rozanamdyunos2012

    Literature - Form 2 Poems I Wonder by Jeannie Kirby

    A child

    curious

    wonders of nature

    I Wonder asks questions Why? Grass is green Wind cannot be seen Moon is not round Who? Teach birds to make nests Tell trees to rest Light the stars Make lightning flash Paint rainbows Hang clouds

    Father

    does not answer

    He does not know the answers

    rozanamdyunos2012

    a) Synopsis of the Poem The persona is a child who is curious about the wonders of nature. The persona admires nature and its beauty, which is all created by God. He wants to know the answers to a lot of questions, like why the grass is green and more. The personas father does not answer his questions. Perhaps his father does not know the answers to the questions he asked. b) Themes and Moral Values

    Themes/Messages Wonders of nature Nature and its natural phenomena Belief in God

    Moral Values/Lessons We must appreciate nature and its beauty. We must observe the things and happenings around us. We should all be grateful that God has created nature and the natural phenomena that we do not understand.

    c) Exercise Answer all the questions based on the poem revised. 1. What natural element in the poem can be felt but not seen? The natural element in the poem that can be felt but not seen is _________________________. 2. Name the persona in the poem. _________________________________________________________________ 3. Why is the persona asking so many questions? The persona is asking so many questions because he _______________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. Write down ONE message the poet is trying to convey to his readers. _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Whom did the persona ask his questions to? The persona asked his questions to __________________________________________ 6. Why do you think there is no answer to his questions? I think there is no answer to his questions because __________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Write down TWO questions the persona asked in the poem. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

    rozanamdyunos2012

    Literature - Form 2 Poems Heir Conditioning by M.SHANmughalingam

    grandparents

    dialogue

    grandchild

    led a simple life

    asks

    no pollution no stress no traffic jams

    Heir Conditioning

    questions

    curious about life in the past

    THEN Feared God and Nature

    NOW Money is God

    no air-cons no fax machine no telephone

    Life was hard but happy

    People are more materialistic and greedy

    no modern equipment

    rozanamdyunos2012

    a) Synopsis of the Poem The poem is a dialogue between a grandchild and his grandparent. It shows the different situations in the olden times (1940s-60s) and modern times (1990-2012).It shows the gap between the old and young generation. The grandchild is curious about life in the olden days, of how his grandparents lived without modern inventions, which today are necessities. He thinks life is easier now. The grandparent answered that life then was simple. Without modern inventions like air-cons and telephones, they are happy although life was hard. People feared God and did not destroy nature and their surroundings. They had no environmental problems like pollution and stress. Today people are materialistic and greedy. They are not afraid of God because they are busy working for money. Money is their new God. They have an easier life but they are unhappy and stressed. b) Themes and Moral Values

    Themes/Messages Material things do not bring happiness

    Moral Values/Lessons Having material things do not necessarily make us happy and fulfilled.

    Progress comes with a price We must be aware that as we progress, values and spiritual concerns are diminishing.

    c) Exercise Answer all the questions based on the poem revised. 1. How many voices are there in the poem? Who are they? ________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the poem about? The poem is about __________________________________________________________ 3. How did the grandparents lived? The grandparents lived _____________________________________________________ 4. What can you learn from the poem? From the poem, I learnt _____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

    rozanamdyunos2012

    5. Why do you think the grandparents say that now Money is your new God I think the grandparents said that because ___________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why do you think the persona asked his grandparents these questions? I think he asked these questions because ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 7. Write down ONE message the poet is trying to convey through the poem. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

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