Question

Read the following extract carefully and answer the following questions:
1. ‘It is the human earth that we defile.
Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence
Of air that is everywhere our own,
Remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange.’
a. What harm do we cause to the Earth?
b. Why is innocence outraged?
c. Which word in the extract means the same as ‘pollute’?
d. Which poetic device is employed in this stanza?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Read the following extract carefully and answer the following questions:

1. ‘It is the human earth that we defile.

Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence

Of air that is everywhere our own,

Remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange.’

a. What harm do we cause to the Earth?

b. Why is innocence outraged?

c. Which word in the extract means the same as ‘pollute’?

d. Which poetic device is employed in this stanza?