Kanungila Karim
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Thin and red,
Skinny and bald,
The boy groans on the ground.
Swollen stomach
Full of waste,
Thin legs,
Thin arms,
Twitch
As the boy
Fights with flies
Over the empty plate.
Ten years old,
He looks older than ten,
And younger than young,
And so small
As he wriggles,
Prisoner
Of his unproportioned body.
"Mother," shouts the boy,
"When I grow up
I will carry a gun
And not a pen."
"My son," shouts the mother,
"My son," cries the mother
"You will never live to carry a gun
There is no meat for us."
Questions
1.What is a poem about?
2.Who is a person?
3.What is the mood of the persona?
4.How many stanza are in the poem?
5.How many verse does poem have?
6.What are the two possible themes in this poem?
7.Briefly explain the relevant of the two themes mentioned in (6) above to your society?
8.What the word "gun"symbolize?
9.What do we learn from the poem?
10.What type of the poem is this?
NB: Necta 2016 question 11.
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Skinny and bald,
The boy groans on the ground.
Swollen stomach
Full of waste,
Thin legs,
Thin arms,
Twitch
As the boy
Fights with flies
Over the empty plate.
Ten years old,
He looks older than ten,
And younger than young,
And so small
As he wriggles,
Prisoner
Of his unproportioned body.
"Mother," shouts the boy,
"When I grow up
I will carry a gun
And not a pen."
"My son," shouts the mother,
"My son," cries the mother
"You will never live to carry a gun
There is no meat for us."
Questions
1.What is a poem about?
2.Who is a person?
3.What is the mood of the persona?
4.How many stanza are in the poem?
5.How many verse does poem have?
6.What are the two possible themes in this poem?
7.Briefly explain the relevant of the two themes mentioned in (6) above to your society?
8.What the word "gun"symbolize?
9.What do we learn from the poem?
10.What type of the poem is this?
NB: Necta 2016 question 11.
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