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Summary Touloper poem
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1 die storms woed weer in ons huis vandag2 maar vol durf klim ek op die tou
3 voetjie vir voetjie skuifel ek vorentoe
4 verby die verwyt-winde van
5 het jy al weer
6 ek het mos gesê
7 wat het jy gedoen
8 gekwelde oë kyk vir my van doer onder
9 ver vewyder van my kollig-balanseertruuk
10 my tou web tussen
11 mure en deurhandvatsels
12 familiefoto’s en almanakke
13 blitsende tv-beelde en internetkonneksies
14 tot by die tuinhek
15 ek is hoog bo die grond
16 weg van alles behalwe die wind
17 maar ek dink nie daaraan nie
18 ek hou my oog op die tou
19 ek balanseer my lewe
20 en voet vir voet skuif ek vorentoe
21 deur die storm
, TOU + LOPER= word as metafoor gebruik: spreker is in ‘n
konfliksituasie en moet maniere/meganismes vind om die konflik te
hanteer en oorleef.
Hierdie manier/meganismes word vergelyk met die vaardighed wat
‘n touloper moet hê om op ‘n tou hoog bo die grond te loop.
Iemand wat homself op ‘n tou balanseer terwyl hy tussen twee
punte loop, gewoonlik hoog in die lug.
Die ‘figuurlike tou’ waarop die spreker in die gedig homself
balanseer verwys na die lewe, die pad wat mense moet loop in
hul lewens om vooruit te kom. (Die touloper simboliseer die
mens se poging om die storms van die lewe te trotseer en om in
hierdie moeilike omstandighede balans te vind.)
Gedig is een lang strofe – dui op ‘n tou waarop geloop word wat
een lang stuk is.
Gedig beslaan 21 reëls wat dui op vryheid (volwassenheid) van
die tiener wat op 21-jarige ouerdom begin.
1 die storms woed weer in ons Die stormagtige verhouding
huis vandag tussen die spreker se ouers –
hulle is gedurig besig om te baklei.
‘weer’ = bakleiery vind gereeld
plaas
Storms- figuurlik
‘n storm woed normaalweg
nie binne ‘n huis nie, maar
buite
‘verwyt-winde’ – ‘n metafoor
– dui op die konflik tussen ‘n
tiener en een of albei ouers
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