OPDRAG (ASSIGNMENT) : • Gedig gaan nie OOR Taylor Swift nie (poem is not about Taylor Swift)
• vir Liebeth • Die meisie in die gedig kan met haar liedjie, The best day, van die album
• ‘n jong tienermeisie Fearless identifiseer (The girl in the poem can relate) with her song, The best
• Die digter spreek haar direk aan (addresses her directly) : “jy” day, from the album Fearless • The best day is ‘n interteks
Taylor Swift Kobus Grobler (intertext) vir die gedig
vir Liebet
You repeat
1. jy herhaal Lirieke van The Best Day
Taylor Swift Her words of melancholy Herhaling - amper desperaat - die
2. haar woorde van melancholie liedjie is haar enigste troos (song is
Hartseer lirieke her only comfort)
For the umpteenth time
3. vir die hoeveelste keer
Again Alleenplasing: beklemtoon eensaamheid;
4. weer desperaatheid (emphasises loneliness;
desperation)
Dink oor die skooldag wat verby (over) is
And now after all day long
5. en nou ná heeldag lank Geniet dit nit (doesn’t enjoy it) ; aaklig (horrible)
Periods of schoolwork Meervoud - lank; nie lekker nie; ‘n straf (punishment)
6. se periodes skoolwerk
Beskryf haar dag And pauses Meervoud: ‘n straf; vrees dit (fear it) , want sy is
by die skool
7. en pouses elke dag alleen; geen vriende
Alone
8. alleen Alleenplasing: beklemtoon eensaamheid (loneliness)
Drool in the song Linger: Fokus op die liedjie; dis haar enigste
9. se draal in die liedjie geselskap / troos (company / comfort)
You fall with a sticky school uniform • Letterlik: sweterig (sweaty)
• Figuurlik: dit was ‘n straf (punishment) /
10. val jy met skooluniform taai van skool skooldag aan haar vasklou (school day
Kicked off shoes Verlig (relief) ; ontspan (relax) ; kan haarself clinging to her)
11. skoene uitgeskop wees (can be herself)
Down on the bed
12. op die bed neer
Do you sing the words Kan daarmee identifiseer (can identify it) ;
13. sing jy die woorde ken dit uit haar kop (knows it by heart)
Na skool by die huis: Weer
alleen (in haar kamer); From her latest CD
Niemand om haar te troos
14. van haar nuutste CD Fearless
nie (no one to comfort her) Loaded in MP3
15. gelaai in MP3
Sob
16. snik
Cry Alleenplasing van sinonieme; melancholie; hartseer
17. huil emosies; intense eensaamheid (loneliness)
Border
18. grens
You Alleenplasing van die voornaamwoord (pronoun)
19. jy – beklemtoon die spreker se alleenheid (loneliness)
Wending: rede vir haar hartseer (sadness)
Because for the first time
20. want vir die eerste keer
In the mirror Refleksie: Konnotasie (connotation) met
21. in die spieël identiteit; selfkennis (self knowledge)
With your fathers eyes full of tears Sy het haar pa se oë – konneksie met haar pa:
22. met jou pa se oë vol trane • Is hy dalk weg? (Maybe he’s gone)
Do you understand • Geskei? (Divorced)
23. verstaan jy Insig / kennis
• Oorlede? (Dead)
Do you know (insight / knowledge)
24. weet jy Metafoor: Vergelyk haar eie situasie met
winterbome wat hulle blare verloor (compares
Why trees lose their leaves her own situation with winter trees that lose
25. hoekom bome hulle blare verloor their leaves)
Winter = koud / dood seisoenaal - sal nie vir ewig alleen wees nie (seasonal - won’t be alone forever)
• Sy weet wat dit beteken om alleen te wees (knows what it means to be alone)
• Die wêreld is nie altyd ‘n paradys / perfek nie (not always a paradise / perfect)
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