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Silent Spring

The following quote �The sedge is withr�d from the lake, And no birds sing,� (Keats)
seems like a very simple sentence with no meaning to it. However, after reading Chapter 6 of
, I realized how loaded the comment is with meaning. The quote is describing
humans and how humans treat the plants here on earth. The quote describes a scene where
humans continue to destroy plants because they feel that they are in the way or that the plants are
not appealing to look at. However, the plants that humans kill each day with chemicals and
pesticides end up ruining the complete area and stripping it of the natural beauty of the land. The
situation cannot be fair when chemicals are used. ...

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is withr�d from the lake� is
another way of showing the destroying of plants. The sedge that was withr�d in the quote has
been stripped of its natural beauty. This was caused by chemicals used along this lake to kill the
plants that were unattractive to the eye according to the land owner. The second part of the
quote �and no birds sing� is describing the consequence of killing those plants. Once there were
animal life along this lake. Birds sang and took baths in it. When chemicals were used, the lake
became contaminated and along with that the birds left that area. In the Chapter, Carson
describes a situation like this. It was a situation where sage was destroyed. When this happened
the animals that used this sage slowly went along with it. The quote �and no birds sing� is telling
of after the area was damaged by chemicals and the sedge was withr�d, the animals that adapted
there also felt withr�d and damaged so they left. This left the area without birds ...

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Added: 2/15/2006 11:13:03 AM
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