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.
