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5. What does the poem convey about the impact of human activities on nature?
(a) Human activities have a positive impact on nature.

(b) Nature remains unchanged by human actions.

(c) Once altered, nature is difficult to restore.

B. Answer the questions briefly.

1. What significant event occurred seventy years ago in the woods?

2. How have weather and rain affected the road through the woods?

3. When might you hear the beat of a horse’s feet and the swish of a skirt in
the woods?
4. What is the significance of these sounds in the poem?

5. What does the poem suggest about the human impact on nature?

Critical & Analytical
Think Well Thinking

C. Think and Answer.

1. Compare and contrast the woods before and after the planting of trees.
2. How does the poem suggest that once nature is altered, it cannot be fully
restored?

D. Answer these questions with reference to context.

1. There was once a road through the woods

Before they planted the trees.
(a) Why is it important when the poem says there used to be a road through
the woods before they planted trees?

(b) How does the idea that there was a road through the woods before
they planted trees show that the poem is talking about how people can
change nature in ways that can’t be undone?

Listening Well Listening for Understanding

E. Listen to a short summary of the poem and answer the questions that
follow.

1. What is the poem mainly about?

2. Why can’t you see the road through the woods anymore?

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