Comparing A Toxic Love Story And A Dirge

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People ruin the world by pollution. In the two texts, 'A Toxic Love Story' and 'A Dirge'. It talks about the world and pollution. In 'A Toxic Love Story' thus women pick's up trash and other materials. She makes art out of recycled trash and material's. The art shows how bad the people are ruining the world. Although, in 'A Dirge' they lack different morals. This is a poem unlike the other one. But 'A Dirge' is a poem talking how the world is crying and the tears are tears of vain. Also that the wind is moaning, and too full of grief to sing a song. The women that is walking down the beach recycling the trash making art is a good citizen. She is trying to make people see the wrong. Therefore in the short poem it relates to the

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