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If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will shake,
With shockwave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
The atmosphere will shake,
With shockwave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake.
Explanation:
In the fourth stanza, the speaker looks at the dangerous side of a comet. As mentioned before, a comet that comes too close to earth can put the earth in danger, as certain comets are powerful enough to destroy our planet.
Depending on the comet’s size, a collision between the earth and comet can cause huge destruction on local to global scales.
The speaker says that a comet could create earthquakes. When a comet gets closer to the earth's surface, the atmosphere will shake, and shockwaves will reach the ground, causing the earth to shake.
Depending on the comet’s size, a collision between the earth and comet can cause huge destruction on local to global scales.
The speaker says that a comet could create earthquakes. When a comet gets closer to the earth's surface, the atmosphere will shake, and shockwaves will reach the ground, causing the earth to shake.
Shockwaves cause the earthquakes
Meanings of difficult words:
S.No | Words | Meanings |
1 | Shockwave | A sharp change of pressure in a narrow region travelling through a medium, especially air, caused by explosion or by a body moving faster than sound |
2 | Quake | Shake or tremble, especially of the earth; an earthquake |
Reference:
State Council of Educational Research and Training (2019). Term-3 English Standard-9. The Comet- Norman Littleford (pp. 95). Published by the Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation.
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