The document discusses a poem that criticizes farmers for destructive farming methods that burn down forests and do not replenish the land. While the farmers claim they work hard for material benefits, the poet disagrees and notes that this way of thinking shows scant regard for nature. The farming practices devastate the environment, harm wildlife, disrupt the ecological balance, and risk leaving barren land for future generations. The document analyzes how the poem effectively places blame on humanity collectively rather than just the farmers, and argues we fail to compensate nature for what we take from the land.

1. TEXTUAL QUESTIONS

2. 1. They burn down forests. They do not
give back to nature adequately.

3. 2. The poem gains more force as the farmers
themselves speak about their destructive
methods to gain money. The poet does not
criticize the farmers alone but makes us share
the guilt and he collectively talks about the
human race rather than the farmers as a group.
The poem is more effective as the blame is
taken by the farmers in an ironical way.

4. 3.They do no hard work but live a life of
luxury. Car, television and fridge. They
say they have worked hard to gain the
material benefits with scant regard for
nature. The poet does not agree with this
way of thinking. This is ironical as they
work hard to produce this negative results

5. 4. It is something to be ashamed of as we
tamper with nature unmindful of the
consequences. The animals and birds lose
their homes and we leave barren land for
future generations. The ecological balance
is affected. The trees are burnt to ashes by
the greedy farmers to make way for more
agricultural land

6. 5. We devastate nature and give her nothing to
compensate for the loss. The reasoning is wrong on
two grounds. Firstly, nature has endowed us with her
bounty still we do not give her anything in return.
Secondly, the earth is not ours alone as it belongs to
every creature of God. If we continue to misuse our
land irresponsibly, we will leave an infertile earth as a
legacy to the coming generations. We are self-
centered and short-sighted and deplete the natural
resources of the land out of ignorance. They make
money by building houses in the place instead.

7. 6.Stanzas 3 and 6 sum up the poet's
comment that materialism has taken over
love for nature and our indebtedness to
her.