1. STEEL TOWN SUNSETS By Joshua Carter and Michael Waters

2. Overview The poem is about an old man, reflecting on the past to a younger man. He's talking about how the steel-town of Sheffield used to have beautiful sunsets, but now the town has become polluted due to the steel works and the sunsets arent as beautiful as they once were.* *A steel town is a town that produces metals such as steel and silver as their main industry.

3. Themes Innocence Memories Generations Pollution (possibly) Reflection

4. We used to have such sunsets, he said, you dont see them so bright anywhere but a steel town. I loved the late shift; orange, red, pink, spread out like a kids painting across the dark, and dust spinning in all the lights... Thatd be pollution, right? I said it twice: no answer. Eh? Pollution. Aye, I suppose. He stared out at black towers against a grey dusk. We used to have such sunsets, he said, you dont see them so bright anywhere but a steel town. I loved the late shift; orange, red, pink, spread out like a kids painting across the dark, and dust spinning in all the lights... Thatd be pollution, right? I said it twice: no answer. Eh? Pollution. Aye, I suppose. He stared out at black towers against a grey dusk. A metaphor for huge factory chimneys Represents innocence of the town when there was no pollution past Dont have such sunsets because of pollution Liked to be alone Sunset has no colours anymore due to pollution The delay of answer shows us that the old man doesnt fully understand what pollution is. He doesnt really know what causes the ruined sunsets First person