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In the poem ‘I am the land’ the speaker is patient, yet assertive. Substantiate in your own words.

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In the first stanza she explains the man says he owned the earth she simply waits. Is it possible to own the earth because it is a planet and who gave the rights to own her ? But the earth will not dispute with the man, She would wait. The person shouted with rage then also the earth lie patiently.

He says that he bought her still she waits. The man would exploit her making muddy holes and the lights of the parking vehicles but she would stares these things. The farmer ploughs the land and grow the plants, trees crops, etc, The children would come and dance on the earth. 

Someone comes and sings, The soldiers come with guns and put the fence it makes the earth to suffocate. The earth felt it very bad though she is suffocated but she patiently waits. Though the mother earth suffers a lot, she can patiently tolerate and challenged the man that he cannot put a fence around the planet earth. 

Earth as a whole planet is very big’ and the man cannot put a fence and it is impossible for him. She can wait because she is the land (mother).



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