Our Land By Evan Delage

In “Our Land”, Evan Delage emphasizes the idea that in this time, people are generally

disconnected to, and blind towards, nature itself and therefore lack a respect for nature.

To begin,the author draws on a metaphor pointing towards the futility of working on past issues

but retaining hope for action to solve near future or present issues. He describes “we are losing

our shot as This issue is an un-untieable knot” The use of the word “knot” symbolises how

puzzling and complex situations might be while the use of “un-untieable” provides evidence that

it is impossible to return to a calm and tranquil state after pollution and destruction belittles it.

This provides specific detail and foreshadows that the poem will never