Poetic and Prosaic Writeups

The Keywords Poem, long live, marsh, land, usurped, wealth, urbanization, die, selfish, brutal stealth, colorful, nature, frogs, newts, caecelians, safe and sound, biodiversity, extinct, beauty, indistinct, Save the frogs, amphibians, protect, peril, bright days, desire, survive, salamanders, toads, species, insect eaters In a nutshell In this poem, the speaker persona tries to build awareness of the amphibians on the earth. They are getting extinct day by day. The poem - "Long Live!" Marsh and land, where they used to lie, Have both become man’s usurped wealth; Urbanization’s made them die, Just for man’s selfish, brutal stealth. Lo! The nature’s more colorful, If frogs and newts – all are around; Each thing will become wonderful, When caecilians – safe and sound. If there’s no biodiversity, One day, man’ll too become extinct; Mark that frogs also have beauty; Just think: the m...