Question

Answer these questions.
1. Who is being addressed in the poem- who is 'you'? Are they present, or even alive?
How can we tell? (line 2)
2. There are two dances mentioned in the first stanza. Which are they? What does each of them
represent?
The lost dances cranes poem ​

Answer 1

1.The 'you' in the question is 'whooping cranes' andthey are no longer  present  and were the part of the past. Explanation: The questions are from the  poem named ''The lost dance of cranes' that is written by Juliet Wilson.

2.The two dances refer to the dance of the cranes that could once be seen in the fields and the danceof urban machines that are used in constructing cities. The birds dance represents the beauty of nature while the machines represent the destruction of this beauty.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. The whooping cranes, the "you" in the question, are no longer alive and are a relic of the past. Explanation: Juliet Wilson's poem "The Lost Dance of Cranes" is the source of the questions.

2. The two dances alludes to the once-visible dance of the cranes in the fields and the dance of the urban machineries employed to build cities. The beauty of nature is represented by the birds' dance, but its destruction is symbolised by the machines.

Explanation:

• The poem addresses environmental degradation. In this poem, the author bemoans the disappearance of cranes that she had before witnessed dancing in the fields. She is saddened by the sight of a different kind of crane that is employed to construct towns.

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