The Greenhouse Effect Questions and Answers | Class 12 4th semester English | written by William Shakespeare Carl Dennis
Descriptive Answer Type Questions [Marks : 6]
1. “Life will be different, good tillable land so dear / The suburbs will give way to farms, the cities / Fill up again with people too poor to own cars.” – Analyse how these lines depict the social and demographic upheaval caused by climate change.
The lines depict a future society transformed by climate change. As good tillable land becomes scarce and expensive, the suburbs will give way to farms, showing that agricultural production will become more important than suburban living. At the same time, cities will again be filled with people who are too poor to own cars. Their economic condition will force them to walk to work or depend on public transport. Thus, climate change will transform not only the natural environment but also settlement patterns, transportation and social life. The movement of people back into cities suggests a major demographic change, while the conversion of suburbs into farmland shows a reversal of modern urban expansion. The poet also connects environmental change with economic hardship, suggesting that people will have fewer resources and a simpler way of living. Therefore, these lines present climate change as a force capable of producing social displacement, economic inequality and a fundamental transformation of everyday human life.
2. What events will supposedly take place according to the poet in the poem The Greenhouse Effect?
The poet imagines that global warming will cause the grain belts to move towards the poles, while the Plains States will become giant dust bowls and be abandoned. Greenland and Antarctica will become new world powers. Good agricultural land will become scarce, suburbs will turn into farms, and cities will fill with poorer people. Ornamental trees and lawns will give way to practical nut trees and vegetables. Public buildings will require citizens’ voluntary labour for maintenance. Finally, America will lose its former economic dominance to stronger nations producing cheaper goods, while foreign fleets will patrol the world.
3. Examine the contrast between the necessity of collective civic action (donating hours) and the economic impoverishment that necessitates it, as presented in the poem.
The poem imagines a society where the tax base becomes too small to support public buildings. Therefore, citizens must donate hours after work to maintain the Library, City Hall and Federal Building. This collective action shows their willingness to preserve public institutions, but it also reveals their economic decline. The government can no longer provide sufficient financial support, so ordinary people must contribute their labour. Dennis creates an ironic contrast between civic cooperation and material impoverishment. The citizens work together not because society has become more prosperous, but because it has lost the resources needed for its former system of public maintenance. Their voluntary effort becomes necessary for preventing their public buildings from falling into ruin like the temples of Rome. Thus, the poem presents community spirit alongside economic hardship, showing how environmental and financial decline can change the relationship between citizens and public institutions.
4. “We’ll say to ourselves as we begin to sway / To the strains of our native beach band, / Ignoring the hits from the Arctic on the radio.” – Interpret the final three lines. How do they critique the society’s reactionary coping mechanism towards the environmental crisis?
The final lines present an ironic picture of people responding to environmental crisis through distraction and emotional escape. Instead of confronting the disturbing consequences represented by the “hits from the Arctic,” they choose to listen to their familiar “native beach band.” The music provides comfort and allows them to remain connected with their familiar culture and past. The phrase “ignoring” is especially significant because it shows that the people are consciously turning away from the environmental reality around them. Their response is therefore passive rather than constructive. Dennis suggests that entertainment and nostalgia may provide temporary psychological comfort, but they cannot solve the problems created by climate change. The ending is deliberately ironic: even while the world is being transformed by environmental forces, people continue to sway to familiar music. Thus, the final image criticizes a society that copes with a serious crisis by avoiding it instead of confronting its causes and consequences.
5. Discuss the significance of the shift from “elms and oaks” to “practical nut trees” and “vegetables crowding the front lawns.” What does this change signify about the future society’s priorities?
The shift from “elms and oaks” to “practical nut trees” represents a movement from ornamental beauty towards practical usefulness. Elms and oaks suggest the traditional landscape of comfortable suburban life, whereas nut trees provide food and therefore have direct practical value. The image of “vegetables crowding the front lawns” develops the same idea further. Spaces once used for decorative lawns will now be used for food production because fertile land has become too valuable to waste. This change signifies that the future society will prioritize survival, food and economic necessity over beauty and comfort. The transformation also reflects the wider effects of climate change on everyday life. People will have to adapt their homes and surroundings to changing environmental and economic conditions. Thus, the replacement of ornamental trees and lawns by productive plants symbolizes a society in which practical needs have become more important than traditional ideas of suburban appearance and leisure.
6. Explain the poet’s critique of globalization and American dominance through the metaphor of the “stronger Carthages” and the “Korean armadas.”
The poet uses the metaphor of “stronger Carthages” to imagine powerful commercial nations that may replace America as dominant economic powers. Carthage was historically associated with extensive trade and maritime power, so the expression suggests future nations whose commercial strength exceeds that of America. The phrase therefore challenges the assumption that American economic dominance will continue permanently.
The “Korean armadas” further develop this idea. The armadas represent powerful foreign fleets carrying merchandise that is “cheaper than ours.” The image suggests that globalization may allow other nations to become stronger competitors in international trade. America, once confident of its leading position, will have to watch these foreign fleets passing around the world. The speaker’s response is deliberately ironic: Americans will comfort themselves by saying that these powers will have only “their little time in the sun.” Thus, Dennis presents globalization as a force that can redistribute economic power and reduce America’s former dominance. The poem questions the permanence of national supremacy rather than presenting it as eternal.
7. Mention three major themes in Carl Dennis’ poem, The Greenhouse Effect. Comment on the theme of ‘Nature’s resilience’ in the poem. (3+3)
The three major themes of the poem are environmental change, economic and social transformation, and the decline of American global dominance. The poet imagines rising temperatures changing agricultural regions, settlements, lifestyles and patterns of international trade. These environmental changes consequently produce economic hardship and social adjustment.
The theme of nature’s resilience appears in the way life and human society adapt to altered environmental conditions. The grain belts move towards the poles, suburbs become farms, and practical nut trees and vegetables replace ornamental trees and lawns. These changes suggest that nature and human beings will continue to respond to changing circumstances rather than simply disappear. However, this resilience comes at a cost. Familiar landscapes and comfortable lifestyles must be abandoned, while scarce fertile land becomes extremely valuable. Nature therefore survives and changes, but the resulting world is very different from the present one. Dennis presents resilience as a process of adaptation to environmental pressure, showing that survival may require humans to reorganize their society, economy and relationship with the natural world.
8. “Don’t want sheep to graze in our squares / As they grazed in the Forum for a thousand years.” – Explain the classical allusion used here. How does this image emphasize the theme of the decline of civilization?
The reference to the Forum is an allusion to the Roman Forum, the centre of public and political life in ancient Rome. Dennis recalls the historical decline of Rome, after which its once-important public spaces and buildings gradually lost their former purpose. The image of sheep grazing there symbolizes the transformation of a great civilization into ruins and abandoned spaces.
The poet applies this historical image to the imagined future of his own society. Because the tax base becomes too small, public buildings such as the Library, City Hall and Federal Building may no longer receive sufficient financial support. Citizens therefore have to donate their time to maintain them. The speaker does not want these buildings to fall like the temples of Rome or for public squares to become neglected spaces. The allusion emphasizes the fragility of civilization and prosperity. It suggests that even a powerful modern society can decline if environmental and economic pressures become severe. Thus, the Roman Forum becomes a warning about the possible abandonment and decay of modern civilization.
9. How does the poem use imagery of decline and abandonment (e.g., ‘dust bowls’, ‘fall like temples in Rome’) to establish its dystopian vision?
The poem creates its dystopian vision through repeated images of environmental destruction, abandonment and decay. The “giant dust bowls” suggest that the Plains States, once productive agricultural regions, will become barren and unsuitable for ordinary human settlement. Their abandonment represents the direct effect of environmental transformation on human communities.
The image of buildings that may “fall like temples in Rome” extends this sense of decline from the natural world to human civilization. If the tax base becomes too small, citizens will have to maintain public buildings themselves to prevent them from becoming ruins. The reference to Rome connects present prosperity with the historical collapse of an earlier great civilization. The poem also describes suburbs becoming farms and public squares potentially becoming neglected spaces. These images collectively create a world in which familiar landscapes, institutions and economic structures have deteriorated. Yet the dystopian future is not shown as complete destruction; rather, it is a world of adaptation, scarcity and diminished prosperity. Dennis therefore uses images of abandonment to suggest how environmental crisis can gradually reshape civilization and reduce the comforts associated with modern life.
10. Comment on the theme of economic disparity in The Greenhouse Effect. What is the author’s aim in writing the poem The Greenhouse Effect? (3+3)
Economic disparity is presented through the changing living conditions of people in the imagined future. Good agricultural land becomes expensive, while many city dwellers become too poor to own cars. They have to walk or depend on public transport. The shrinking tax base also means that citizens must contribute their labour to maintain public buildings. Thus, environmental change is closely connected with economic hardship and unequal access to resources.
The poem’s aim is to make readers consider the possible environmental, social and economic consequences of global warming. Dennis does not describe climate change merely as a scientific problem; he imagines how it could transform agriculture, cities, transportation, public institutions and international economic power. His use of irony makes the imagined future both thought-provoking and unsettling. The poem also questions the permanence of present-day prosperity and national dominance. By presenting these possible changes in a calm, almost matter-of-fact manner, Dennis encourages readers to think about how environmental crisis may affect ordinary human life. The poem therefore functions as a warning about the wider consequences of climate change and the need to recognize its social and economic dimensions.
Short Answer Type Questions [Marks : 2]
1. What do ‘giant dust bowls’ refer to?
Ans: “Giant dust bowls” refer to the Plains States after prolonged global warming. These regions will become dry, barren and unsuitable for cultivation, forcing people to abandon them.
(“Giant dust bowls” বলতে দীর্ঘস্থায়ী global warming-এর ফলে Plains States-এর শুষ্ক, অনুর্বর ও চাষের অনুপযোগী হয়ে পড়াকে বোঝায়। ফলে মানুষ সেই অঞ্চলগুলি পরিত্যাগ করতে বাধ্য হবে।)
2. “Greenland and Antarctica will join the new Great Powers.” What ‘Great Power’ is referred to here?
Ans: “Great Powers” refers to powerful regions or nations that will gain greater economic and political importance because of the changes caused by global warming. The poet imagines Greenland and Antarctica becoming such influential powers.
(“Great Powers” বলতে এমন শক্তিশালী অঞ্চল বা রাষ্ট্রকে বোঝানো হয়েছে, যারা global warming-এর ফলে সৃষ্ট পরিবর্তনের কারণে অধিক অর্থনৈতিক ও রাজনৈতিক গুরুত্ব লাভ করবে। কবি Greenland ও Antarctica-কে এমন শক্তিশালী অঞ্চলেরূপে কল্পনা করেছেন।)
❖ আমাদের কাছ থেকে সংগ্রহ করুন
আপনার প্রয়োজনীয় সাজেশন
- ✅ আমাদের প্রথম অগ্রাধিকার আপনার রেজাল্ট
- ✅ পরীক্ষা শেষ না হওয়া পর্যন্ত পূর্ণ সহযোগিতা
- ✅ বিনামূল্যে অনলাইন মক টেস্টের সুবিধা
- ✅ Watermark-মুক্ত পরিষ্কার ও পরিচ্ছন্ন PDF
- ✅ সিলেবাস ও বোর্ডের নির্দেশিকা অনুযায়ী প্রস্তুত
3. Mention any four events that affect the public as mentioned in the poem The Greenhouse Effect.
Ans: Four events are: the Plains States will become dust bowls, suburbs will become farms, cities will fill with poor people, and public buildings will need citizens’ voluntary labour for their maintenance.
(চারটি ঘটনা হলো: Plains States ধুলোর মরুভূমিতে পরিণত হবে, suburbs খামারে পরিণত হবে, শহর দরিদ্র মানুষে পূর্ণ হবে এবং সরকারি ভবন রক্ষণাবেক্ষণের জন্য জনগণকে স্বেচ্ছাশ্রম দিতে হবে।)
4. “The Plains States will be abandoned as giant dust bowls.” — Explain it.
Ans: The poet imagines that continued global warming will make the Plains States extremely dry and barren. As they become unsuitable for agriculture and habitation, people will have no choice but to abandon those regions.
(কবি কল্পনা করেছেন যে, ক্রমাগত global warming-এর ফলে Plains States অত্যন্ত শুষ্ক ও অনুর্বর হয়ে পড়বে। কৃষিকাজ ও বসবাসের অনুপযোগী হয়ে যাওয়ায় মানুষ সেই অঞ্চলগুলি পরিত্যাগ করতে বাধ্য হবে।)
5. Why are Greenland and Antarctica mentioned in the poem The Greenhouse Effect?
Ans: Greenland and Antarctica are mentioned because the poet imagines that global warming will transform their position in the world. They will become part of the “new Great Powers,” gaining greater importance and influence.
(কবিতায় Greenland ও Antarctica-র উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে কারণ কবি মনে করেন global warming তাদের অবস্থানকে পরিবর্তন করবে। তারা “new Great Powers”-এর অংশ হয়ে অধিক গুরুত্ব ও প্রভাব অর্জন করবে।)
Read More : Sonnet 73 Questions and Answers
6. State what will happen if ‘the gradual warming trend’ goes on mentioning a few of the impacts.
Ans: If the gradual warming continues, grain belts will move towards the poles, the Plains States will become dust bowls, fertile land will become scarce, suburbs will become farms, and cities will fill with poorer people.
(ক্রমাগত উষ্ণতা বৃদ্ধি চলতে থাকলে grain belts মেরু অঞ্চলের দিকে সরে যাবে, Plains States dust bowls-এ পরিণত হবে, উর্বর জমি দুর্লভ হবে, suburbs খামারে পরিণত হবে এবং শহর দরিদ্র মানুষে পূর্ণ হবে।)
7. What does the ‘nut trees’ symbolise in the poem The Greenhouse Effect by Carl Dennis?
Ans: The “nut trees” symbolise practicality and the need for food production in a changed world. They replace ornamental trees such as elms and oaks, showing that survival and usefulness will become more important than decoration.
(“Nut trees” পরিবর্তিত পৃথিবীতে ব্যবহারিকতা ও খাদ্য উৎপাদনের প্রয়োজনীয়তার প্রতীক। তারা elms ও oaks-এর মতো শোভাবর্ধক গাছের স্থান নেয়, যা দেখায় যে সৌন্দর্যের চেয়ে বেঁচে থাকা ও উপযোগিতা বেশি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ হবে।)
8. How does the poet Carl Dennis portray the relationship between human actions and the natural world in the poem The Greenhouse Effect?
Ans: Dennis portrays human life as deeply affected by environmental change. As the earth warms, people must alter settlements, agriculture, transportation and lifestyles. Human society therefore has to adapt to the changing conditions of nature.
(কবি Dennis দেখিয়েছেন যে পরিবেশের পরিবর্তন মানুষের জীবনকে গভীরভাবে প্রভাবিত করে। পৃথিবী উষ্ণ হওয়ার সঙ্গে মানুষকে বসতি, কৃষি, যাতায়াত ও জীবনযাত্রা পরিবর্তন করতে হবে। তাই প্রকৃতির পরিবর্তিত অবস্থার সঙ্গে সমাজকে মানিয়ে নিতে হবে।)
9. How does the speaker describe the greenhouse effect?
Ans: The speaker describes the greenhouse effect through a future of gradual warming and its consequences. He imagines shifting grain belts, abandoned regions, scarce farmland, changed cities, economic hardship and a decline in national power.
(বক্তা greenhouse effect-কে ক্রমাগত উষ্ণতা বৃদ্ধি এবং তার ফলাফলের মাধ্যমে বর্ণনা করেছেন। তিনি grain belts-এর স্থানান্তর, পরিত্যক্ত অঞ্চল, দুর্লভ কৃষিজমি, পরিবর্তিত শহর, অর্থনৈতিক সংকট ও জাতীয় ক্ষমতার পতনের কথা কল্পনা করেছেন।)
HS Class 12
সেমিস্টার প্রস্তুতি
WhatsApp গ্রুপ10. What will happen to the ‘Plains States’ according to the poem The Greenhouse Effect?
Ans: According to the poem, the Plains States will be transformed into giant dust bowls because of continued warming. They will become unsuitable for agriculture and habitation, and consequently the people will abandon those regions.
(কবিতা অনুযায়ী, ক্রমাগত উষ্ণতার কারণে Plains States বিশাল dust bowls-এ পরিণত হবে। অঞ্চলগুলি কৃষিকাজ ও বসবাসের অনুপযোগী হয়ে পড়বে এবং শেষ পর্যন্ত মানুষ সেগুলি পরিত্যাগ করবে।)
11. What does ‘greenhouse’ mean?
Ans: In the poem, “greenhouse” refers to the phenomenon of atmospheric warming. The title points to the gradual warming of the earth and the environmental, social and economic changes that such warming may produce.
(কবিতায় “greenhouse” বলতে বায়ুমণ্ডলের উষ্ণতা বৃদ্ধির ঘটনাকে বোঝানো হয়েছে। শিরোনামটি পৃথিবীর ক্রমাগত উষ্ণতা বৃদ্ধি এবং তার সম্ভাব্য পরিবেশগত, সামাজিক ও অর্থনৈতিক পরিবর্তনের দিকে ইঙ্গিত করে।)
12. What is meant by the expression ‘Korean armadas pass’?
Ans: “Korean armadas pass” refers to powerful Korean fleets moving around the world. The image suggests that Korea will become an important global economic power, with fleets carrying merchandise cheaper than American goods.
(“Korean armadas pass” বলতে শক্তিশালী Korean fleets-এর সারা বিশ্বে চলাচল করাকে বোঝানো হয়েছে। এর মাধ্যমে বোঝানো হয়েছে যে Korea গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বিশ্ব অর্থনৈতিক শক্তিতে পরিণত হবে এবং আমেরিকার চেয়ে সস্তা পণ্য বহন করবে।)
13. What does the poet mean by “Let them have their little time in the sun”?
Ans: The expression means that the speaker accepts the rise of the new powerful nations but consoles himself by thinking that their dominance will be temporary. Their period of prosperity and influence will eventually pass.
(এই কথার অর্থ হলো বক্তা নতুন শক্তিশালী দেশগুলির উত্থান মেনে নিচ্ছেন, কিন্তু নিজেকে এই বলে সান্ত্বনা দিচ্ছেন যে তাদের আধিপত্য সাময়িক হবে। তাদের সমৃদ্ধি ও প্রভাবের সময়ও একদিন শেষ হয়ে যাবে।)
14. What is the overall tone or mood of the poem The Greenhouse Effect?
Ans: The poem has an ironic, pessimistic and satirical tone. The poet calmly describes environmental and economic decline while imagining people adapting to these changes. This contrast makes the future vision both serious and thought-provoking.
(কবিতাটির সামগ্রিক সুর ব্যঙ্গাত্মক, হতাশাবাদী ও বিদ্রুপাত্মক। কবি শান্তভাবে পরিবেশগত ও অর্থনৈতিক পতনের কথা বলেছেন এবং মানুষকে তার সঙ্গে মানিয়ে নিতে দেখিয়েছেন। এই বৈপরীত্য ভবিষ্যৎ-চিত্রকে গভীর ও চিন্তাপ্রসূত করেছে।)
15. Why will the trend of gradual warming go on?
Ans: The poem states that the gradual warming trend will likely continue, but it does not explain its scientific cause in detail. Instead, Dennis focuses on imagining the environmental, social and economic consequences of continued warming.
(কবিতায় বলা হয়েছে যে ক্রমাগত উষ্ণতা বৃদ্ধির প্রবণতা সম্ভবত চলতে থাকবে, কিন্তু এর বৈজ্ঞানিক কারণ বিস্তারিতভাবে ব্যাখ্যা করা হয়নি। Dennis বরং এই উষ্ণতা চলতে থাকলে পরিবেশ, সমাজ ও অর্থনীতিতে কী ঘটবে তা দেখিয়েছেন।)
16. According to Carl Dennis, what is the fundamental process that warms the earth?
Ans: The poem identifies the gradual warming trend as the fundamental process affecting the earth. It does not provide a detailed scientific explanation of the mechanism, but concentrates on the consequences of this continuing environmental warming.
(কবিতায় gradual warming trend-কে পৃথিবীকে উষ্ণ করে চলা মৌলিক প্রক্রিয়া হিসেবে দেখানো হয়েছে। তবে কবিতায় এর বৈজ্ঞানিক প্রক্রিয়া বিস্তারিতভাবে ব্যাখ্যা করা হয়নি; বরং এর পরিণতির ওপর গুরুত্ব দেওয়া হয়েছে।)
17. “Even if we play them off against each other / For more aid,” — Explain the line.
Ans: The lines mean that even if America tries to use competing powerful nations against one another to obtain more aid, it will still become poorer than it is at present.
(এই পংক্তিগুলির অর্থ হলো, America যদি পরস্পর প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী শক্তিশালী দেশগুলিকে একে অপরের বিরুদ্ধে ব্যবহার করে বেশি সাহায্য পাওয়ার চেষ্টা করে, তবুও সে বর্তমানের তুলনায় আরও দরিদ্র হয়ে পড়বে।)
18. “So what if we’ve lost our high place to stronger Carthages” — What does this line signify?
Ans: The line signifies that America may lose its former position of economic and global dominance to stronger commercial powers. “Stronger Carthages” represents future nations whose trade and economic influence will surpass that of America.
(এই পংক্তির অর্থ হলো America তার পূর্বের অর্থনৈতিক ও বৈশ্বিক আধিপত্য শক্তিশালী বাণিজ্যিক শক্তিগুলির কাছে হারাতে পারে। “Stronger Carthages” বলতে এমন ভবিষ্যৎ দেশগুলিকে বোঝানো হয়েছে, যাদের বাণিজ্য ও অর্থনৈতিক প্রভাব America-কে ছাড়িয়ে যাবে।)
19. What, according to Carl Dennis, is responsible for the continuation of the ‘gradual warming’ and how does it work?
Ans: The poem does not explicitly identify a specific cause responsible for continuing gradual warming or explain its mechanism. Dennis assumes the warming trend will continue and concentrates mainly on its environmental, social and economic consequences.
(কবিতায় gradual warming চলতে থাকার জন্য কোনো নির্দিষ্ট কারণ স্পষ্টভাবে উল্লেখ করা হয়নি এবং এর প্রক্রিয়াও ব্যাখ্যা করা হয়নি। Dennis উষ্ণতার প্রবণতা চলতে থাকবে ধরে নিয়ে মূলত তার পরিবেশগত, সামাজিক ও অর্থনৈতিক পরিণতির ওপর গুরুত্ব দিয়েছেন।)
20. “The tax base will be too small to support…!” What will be the consequence of the collection of small tax?
Ans: The poem suggests that a reduced tax base will make it impossible to support public buildings properly. Consequently, citizens will have to donate hours after work to rake lawns and repair the Federal Building.
(কবিতায় বলা হয়েছে যে tax base কমে গেলে সরকারি ভবনগুলিকে যথাযথভাবে রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ করা সম্ভব হবে না। ফলে নাগরিকদের কাজের পর অতিরিক্ত সময় দিয়ে lawn পরিষ্কার ও Federal Building মেরামত করতে হবে।)
21. What is the central concern of the poet in the poem, The Greenhouse Effect?
Ans: The central concern is the possible long-term impact of global warming on the environment and human civilization. Dennis shows how warming may transform agriculture, cities, lifestyles, public institutions, economic conditions and international power.
(কবির প্রধান উদ্বেগ হলো global warming-এর পরিবেশ ও মানবসভ্যতার ওপর সম্ভাব্য দীর্ঘমেয়াদি প্রভাব। Dennis দেখিয়েছেন, উষ্ণতা কৃষি, শহর, জীবনযাত্রা, সরকারি প্রতিষ্ঠান, অর্থনৈতিক অবস্থা ও আন্তর্জাতিক ক্ষমতার ভারসাম্য পরিবর্তন করতে পারে।)
22. What, according to the poet, will the people have to donate and why?
Ans: People will have to donate hours after work each week. They will do so because the tax base will become too small to support public buildings, making citizens responsible for maintaining places such as the Library and City Hall.
(মানুষকে প্রতি সপ্তাহে কাজের পর কয়েক ঘণ্টা সময় দিতে হবে। কারণ tax base এত কমে যাবে যে সরকারি ভবনগুলির রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ করা সম্ভব হবে না। তাই Library ও City Hall-এর মতো স্থান রক্ষার দায় নাগরিকদের নিতে হবে।)
23. How, after Carl Dennis, will a dystopian future for humanity be created?
Ans: According to Dennis’s vision, continued warming will create a dystopian future through abandoned regions, scarce farmland, crowded cities, poverty, declining public institutions and reduced national power. Society will survive, but with diminished comfort and prosperity.
( Dennis-এর কল্পনায় ক্রমাগত উষ্ণতা বৃদ্ধির ফলে পরিত্যক্ত অঞ্চল, দুর্লভ কৃষিজমি, জনাকীর্ণ শহর, দারিদ্র্য, দুর্বল সরকারি প্রতিষ্ঠান ও জাতীয় ক্ষমতার পতনের মাধ্যমে এক dystopian ভবিষ্যৎ তৈরি হবে। সমাজ টিকে থাকবে, কিন্তু আরাম ও সমৃদ্ধি কমে যাবে।)
24. According to the delineation of Carl Dennis, what are the critical environmental problems in the world?
Ans: The poem highlights gradual global warming, shifting agricultural regions, the creation of giant dust bowls, scarcity of fertile land and changes in the Arctic and polar regions. These environmental changes also produce wider social and economic consequences.
(কবিতায় gradual global warming, কৃষি অঞ্চলের স্থানান্তর, giant dust bowls-এর সৃষ্টি, উর্বর জমির সংকট এবং Arctic ও মেরু অঞ্চলের পরিবর্তনকে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ পরিবেশগত সমস্যা হিসেবে দেখানো হয়েছে। এসব পরিবর্তন বৃহত্তর সামাজিক ও অর্থনৈতিক সমস্যাও সৃষ্টি করে।)
25. How to reduce greenhouse effect?
Ans: The poem itself does not provide specific methods for reducing the greenhouse effect. Instead, it imagines the consequences of continued warming, such as environmental damage, economic hardship, social change and the decline of established patterns of life.
(কবিতাটি greenhouse effect কমানোর নির্দিষ্ট কোনো পদ্ধতি দেয় না। বরং কবি উষ্ণতা চলতে থাকলে পরিবেশের ক্ষতি, অর্থনৈতিক সংকট, সামাজিক পরিবর্তন এবং প্রচলিত জীবনযাত্রার অবনতির মতো পরিণতি কল্পনা করেছেন।)
26. How does the poem challenge the reader’s perspective on climate change?
Ans: The poem challenges readers by presenting climate change as more than an environmental problem. Dennis connects warming with agriculture, migration, poverty, transportation, public institutions and global economic power, showing its possible effects on everyday human civilization.
(কবিতাটি climate change-কে শুধু পরিবেশগত সমস্যা হিসেবে না দেখে পাঠকের দৃষ্টিভঙ্গিকে প্রসারিত করে। Dennis উষ্ণতার সঙ্গে কৃষি, অভিবাসন, দারিদ্র্য, যাতায়াত, সরকারি প্রতিষ্ঠান ও বিশ্ব অর্থনৈতিক শক্তিকে যুক্ত করেছেন।)
27. What imagery does Carl Dennis use to illustrate the greenhouse effect?
Ans: Dennis uses images of giant dust bowls, shifting grain belts, farms replacing suburbs, vegetables on front lawns, ruined public buildings, Roman temples and Korean armadas. These images make the environmental and social consequences of warming concrete and vivid.
( Dennis giant dust bowls, স্থানান্তরিত grain belts, suburbs-এর পরিবর্তে farms, front lawns-এ vegetables, ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত public buildings, Roman temples এবং Korean armadas-এর চিত্র ব্যবহার করেছেন। এসব চিত্র উষ্ণতার পরিবেশগত ও সামাজিক পরিণতিকে স্পষ্ট ও জীবন্ত করেছে।)
28. How does Carl Dennis use the ‘greenhouse effect’ as a metaphor?
Ans: Dennis uses the greenhouse effect as a metaphor for a wider transformation of human civilization. The warming earth becomes a force that changes landscapes, economies, cities, lifestyles and global power, suggesting that environmental change can reshape the whole human world.
( Dennis greenhouse effect-কে মানবসভ্যতার বৃহত্তর পরিবর্তনের রূপক হিসেবে ব্যবহার করেছেন। উষ্ণ পৃথিবী এমন এক শক্তিতে পরিণত হয় যা ভূদৃশ্য, অর্থনীতি, শহর, জীবনযাত্রা ও বিশ্বশক্তির ভারসাম্য পরিবর্তন করে।)
29. Why will the people be poorer than they are now?
Ans: People will be poorer because continued warming will disrupt agriculture, make good tillable land scarce and expensive, and weaken the economy. The poem also imagines America losing its former economic position to stronger commercial powers.
(মানুষ দরিদ্র হয়ে পড়বে কারণ ক্রমাগত উষ্ণতা কৃষিকে ব্যাহত করবে এবং ভালো চাষযোগ্য জমি দুর্লভ ও ব্যয়বহুল করে তুলবে। কবিতায় America-র শক্তিশালী বাণিজ্যিক দেশগুলির কাছে অর্থনৈতিক অবস্থান হারানোর কথাও বলা হয়েছে।)
30. According to the poem The Greenhouse Effect, what trend will likely to go on?
Ans: According to the poem, the gradual warming trend will likely go on. As it continues, grain belts will move towards the poles and various environmental, social, economic and geographical changes will follow.
(কবিতা অনুযায়ী, ক্রমাগত উষ্ণতা বৃদ্ধির প্রবণতা চলতে থাকবে। এর ফলে grain belts মেরু অঞ্চলের দিকে সরে যাবে এবং বিভিন্ন পরিবেশগত, সামাজিক, অর্থনৈতিক ও ভৌগোলিক পরিবর্তন ঘটবে।)
| আরও পড়ুন | প্রয়োজনে |
|---|---|
| Sonnet 73 Questions and Answers | Class 12 4th semester English | Click here |
| Hawk Roosting Questions and Answers | Class 12 4th semester English | Click here |
| HS 3rd Semester English Last Minute Suggestion 2026-27 ( Exclusive Suggestion) | Click here |
| The Night Train at Deoli MCQ Class 12 Semester III | Click here |
Our Latest Products
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক
All Subject দেখুন →
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক ৪র্থ সেম বাংলা সাজেশন
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক English সাজেশন
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক ৪র্থ সেম ইতিহাস সাজেশন
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞান সাজেশন
.png)
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক দর্শন সাজেশন
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক ভূগোল সাজেশন
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক শিক্ষাবিজ্ঞান সাজেশন
উচ্চমাধ্যমিক সংস্কৃত সাজেশন
একাদশ শ্রেণি
All Subject দেখুন →
একাদশ শ্রেণি বাংলা সাজেশন
একাদশ শ্রেণি ইতিহাস সাজেশন
একাদশ শ্রেণি দর্শন সাজেশন
একাদশ শ্রেণি রাষ্ট্রবিজ্ঞান সাজেশন
একাদশ শ্রেণি ভূগোল সাজেশন
একাদশ শ্রেণি শিক্ষাবিজ্ঞান সাজেশন
