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•Look at the two visuals


• What are your first thoughts when you see the pictures? Suggest three basic differences.












City



Village



a. Perfection and uniformity


b. …………………………….


c. ………….



a. Spontaneity


b. …………….


c. ………….



• Mention three advantages and disadvantages of living in each of these places
















Advantages



Disadvantages



City


a. ……….


b. ………….


c. ………..



a. …………..


b. ………..


c. ………



Village


a. ………….


b. …………


c. ………….



a. ……..


b. ………


c. …….



• What would be your personal preference? Why?


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City



Village



a. Perfection and uniformity


b. Center of commerce and culture


c. Glass paned skyscrapers and well maintained buildings



a. Spontaneity


b. Large areas of open spaces


c. Picturesque view of nature and also calm and peace to the senses



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Advantages



Disadvantages



City


a. A wide variety of products are easily available in cities


b. Shopping malls and multiplexes to amusement parks, exhibitions, restaurants, pubs and clubs, entertainment is the backbone of city life


c. There are many options with regard to means of transportation in cities like metro railways, public and private buses and cab services.



a. Cities are crowded, polluted and noisy


b. Full of hustle and bustle of the modern life


c. Interactions usually restricted to social networking sites and the virtual world



Village


a. Traditional and simple ways of living


b. Constant interaction and communication with the neighbors


c. Air is free from pollution and emissions



a. Villagers are often unaware of the wide varieties and brands of products


b. Schools in the village usually follow the vernacular medium of instruction


c. As tourists in cities, villagers find themselves at a loss due to their poor skills in common language



• In today’s world, it’s hard to imagine a life without technology. The life in a city has been made easier with the facility of mobile phones and internet which can provide you any product or service just with a click. It has made communication possible, ordering food or window shopping, or booking a cab everything is so easily available. After living such a life, it is difficult to imagine a life in the village without all such amenities. But at the same time, life in a village is calm and peaceful. As a result, people find escape into the villages when they get holidays. Not that things can’t be done in villages but today technology has established itself in ways which make it unimaginable to stay in places where all such facilities aren’t available yet.


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On the basis of your understanding of the poem tick the correct answer.

What is the setting of the poem?


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On the basis of your understanding of the poem tick the correct answer.

How is the second stanza a contrast to the previous one?


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On the basis of your understanding of the poem tick the correct answer.

What is the lament of the poet?


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Fill in the blanks to complete the summary of the poem

The title ‘The City Planners' suggests that the poem is about___________. The first line 'cruising these residential Sunday/ streets in dry August sunlight' gives us the impression thatthe poet is __________it is a _________ in August. 'Sunday streets' implies________ . The next line 'what offends us is the sanities' comes as a shock and the rest of the poem is Attwood's criticism of __________. 'Pedantic rows' and 'sanitary trees' expresses the poet's thoughts about suburbia which she feels is__________. She then provides a simile by comparing the 'levelness of surface' or rather the height of the trees as a 'rebuke' to the 'dent in our car door'. This suggests that _________________. She supports this lifeless and drab imagery of suburbia by saying that there is 'no shouting here, or shatter of glass' which provides us with a positive image of life in a residential area. This line suggests that ____________. However in the next line the calm and peace is disrupted by the ___________ .


Stanza two continues the mess that confront suburbia in a way by pointing out flaws. The description of the monotony of roof tiling -'all display the same slant of avoidance to the hot sky'-forces us to think that ___________. These is also the offensive smell of oil which smells faintly like vomit and a splash of paint is compared to a bruise. She says that the paint is as 'surprising' as a bruise because __________. The 'a plastic hose poised in a vicious coil' gives us the same impression. The hose is followed by a comma to reinforce the list of things she finds offensive about suburbia, mentioning the 'too-fixed stare of the wide windows.


In Stanza three is the end of complaints and shows the consequences of ___________. It also shows the reality of the real estate agency. Stanza 4 gives the real estate agents a sense of power or authority to them saying they_________. They claim to act in the best interest of only one party that being the buyer or seller but the reality is they safeguard ________.


In the end the tone shifts from a list of suburban ills to what might happen in the future. Attwood's pessimism is revealed when she says that _____________________________ . She later says that even the 'clay seas' will become contested territories and the City Planners of the future will still map out another city.