The poem from Std 12 coursebook is presented through this ppt.

2. Presentation by
Prafulla Mahure
M.A. English B. Ed.
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3. 8.1 Concrete Jungle

4. It is called concrete
jungle.

5. We used to stroll
barefoot through the
overgrown grass,.

6. Its morning dew
tickling our feet

7. Now we step outside
onto the rugged concrete

8. No more natural than the over processed
food we eat

9. We used to walk down
the snow sprinkled trail,

10. Maybe catch a glimpse
of a bobcat, playing eye
tricks with its tail
BOBCAT

11. Now there is only one
type of bobcat we see
The one that is fur free,

12. clearing the pavement of
all debris

13. We used to walk through a footpath in a forest of pine
The smell intoxicating our lungs and mind

14. Now the only smell to be
found comes from
plastic trees
Swaying on my rear-
view mirror, labelled
pine breeze

15. We used to watch the
valley play hide and seek
Shadowed by the
mountain's
immeasurable peak
Considered the largest
thing known to man

16. Now skyscrapers are the
most extravagant and
titanic part of the plan

17. We used to sit next to
the stream, the wind
caressing our crown

18. Watching the
magnificent untamed
beasts roam far, far from
town

19. Now they are just
characters of folktales,
memories we pass down
An adjective to describe
someone, no more a
noun

20. This could be our reality
If we continue to live in
impracticality
No more vast, endless
oceans-

21. Only littered swamps,
the colour of a witch's
potions.

22. No more soaring birds
overhead-
Only planes, so loud they
rock your bed.

23. No more woods No more natural goods

24. 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.