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Summary 'The Tenant' by Na Ngulube in-depth IEB analysis

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Line by Line in-depth analysis of the IEB prescribed poem 'The Tenant' by Na Ngulube. Colour-coded and extremely easy to follow to make your studying easier. The summary also includes an overview of the poem's biographical information, main message, tone, structure, and figurative language.

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  • August 6, 2021
  • 5
  • 2021/2022
  • Summary

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  • ieb
  • matric
  • poem
  • poetry
  • english
  • the tenant
  • na ngulube
  • analysis
  • summary

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  • English Home Language
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The Tenant Na Ngulube


There is no room for you
Speaker’s feelings
in my heart. The only tenant
Metaphor: heart = house
who ever lived there left Metaphor: ex-lover = baggage
some luggage behind. Punctuation

Alliteration

I didn't even evict her. She
simply left without a word.


I keep hoping she will come
back and collect the luggage
or at least arrange for disposal
clean out the place, throw out
old memories.


I could possibly live with
the marks on the walls. Some
are completely indelible
some I even like.


But you see I am afraid that
if it all goes, what will I do
with all that empty space.

, Biographical information

• Post-Apartheid poet: There is now a space to move away from political protest to
personal stories.
Meaning/ message

• The difficult of letting love go.
• How all past relationships and connections can affect future ones.
Imagery/figures of speech/diction

• Extended metaphor: A heart is compared to a home and previous relationship is
compared to as baggage left behind.
Structure

• Irregular – disrupted life (caesura).
• Free verse – stop-start rhythm/disjointed.
• Enjambment – flow of impact of past relationship into present (can’t separate the
two).
• Contrast to full stop where there is a sense of finality.
Tone/mood

• Melancholy, scared, yearning.

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