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Smartwave AcademyForm 4 Poem
IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIP Latiff Othman
At dawn they returned home
their soaky clothes torn
and approached the stove
their limbs marked by scratches
their legs full of wounds
but on their brows
there was not a sign of despair
The whole day and night just passed
they had to brave the horrendous flood
in the water all the time
between bloated carcasses
and tiny chips of tree barks
desperately looking for their son’s
albino buffalo that was never found
They were born amidst hardship
and grew up without a sigh or a complaint
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now they are in the kitchen, making
jokes while rolling their ciggarete leaves
SYNOPSIS (OVERALL)
In this poem, the poet tells of the situation
of a farmer and his family They come
back at dawn after being out in thefloodwater for a day and night They are
looking for their albino buffalo They
come back wet and hurt but they do not
show any despair They have been borninto a life of hardship and have never
complained !ow, they are in the kitchen
and they joke and talk while preparing to
rela" with a smoke
SYNOPSIS #TA!$A %
They returned home at dawn and headed
for the stove Their clothes were soaking
wet and tattered Their bodies were
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covered with scratches and wounds &et,
they did not display any signs of being
worried
#TA!$A '
They were out in the flood the whole day
and night They were surrounded by deadanimals and parts of trees that had been
destroyed by the flood They searched
desperately for their son’s albino buffalo
but were unable to find it#TA!$A (
They were born into poverty and
difficulty, but they do not complain about
their suffer Instead, they sit in the
kitchen, cracking jokes while smoking
cigarettes
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SETTINGThe setting of the poem is in the house
THEMES
#toicism in life
)amily love
Acceptance of way of life
MORAL VALUES
*e should learn to accept problems in life
with a positive outlook
*e must attempt to face and solve
problems
)ailure is part of growing up
+o not despair in the face of failure
TONE, MOOD, ATMOSPHERE
nderstanding and sympathetic
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+ismal
Acceptance of situation
POINT OF VIEW
Third person pint of view
LANGUAGE & STYLE
Language is simple and easy to
understand
The style is simple with no rhyming
scheme
POETIC DEVICES
Imagery - .ives picture of poet’s thoughts
eg /soaky clothes torn’ and /legs full of wounds’
Alliteration - eg /but on their brows’
#ymbols - eg /horrendous flood’ and
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/bloating carcasses’
+iction - eg /stove’ and /brows/