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These notes come from myself, who passed matric of 2023 with an overall average of 87% in each subject i took. Notes about the end of the cold war involving Gorbachev's reforms, Poland and Germany, Globalization, World Trade, IMF and WTO. The main theme is the collapse of the Soviet Union and its ...

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  • July 24, 2023
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English Poetry: Namaqualand after rain

Biographical information: William Plomer

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Meaning and Message

 We are reminded that life finds a way to survive and renew itself even in the harshest
conditions
 Looking at the annual transformation of the arid, 'semi-desert' of Namaqualand into a
blanket of flowers
 The appreciation of South Africa's natural beauty and 'awe inspiring' scenery and wildlife




Title
 Namaqualand translates to land of the khoi khoi (native tribe in South Africa)
 A desert region in the north west of South Africa and south west Namibia
 Extends 1000 kms along the West coast of South Africa
 For most of the year it is an arid, barren desert but rains in July/August brings
flowers
 The rain is a catalyst for growth/new life/relief
 The title established place and time
 Reinforces the main message
 Celebration of beauty and rejuvenating power of nature
 Symbolic of rebirth and end of period of drought/harsh conditions


Stanza 1
Alliteration:

 Shows how full the earth is of rain

Lines 1:

 "again": Underlines a dramatic statement or opening, the event has happened before
 The land is being brought back to life

Lines 2:

 "Imbued" : to saturate
 "lyric": Its light, beautiful, sweet, calm, melodic, pleasant, flowing
 The rain has soaked into the soil and changed the environment completely

, Lines 3:

 "re-": again
 "sap": life giving
 The fluid that circulates the plants vascular system transporting
glucose/sugar/nutrients to the plants (fuel for growth)
 The extreme transformation of nature that the rains bring

Lines 4:

 "quickening": refers to the first time one can feel a baby moves
 Rain brings the first signs of life

Stanza:

 The landscape feels alive from the rain
 The land is pregnant with possibilities


Stanza 2


Lines 5:

 Shift in perspective (bigger landscape to small roots in the ground)
 "explode": Intensity, bursts of activity in the way that the roots spread
 "String of stars": image of plenitude/infinite/spread in every direction
(Comparison/metaphor)
 Alliteration:
 Conjures images of strings of twinkling lights
 Joy/happiness/ the roots are glistening with water

Lines 6:

 "bulb": Bulbs have been dormant
 Must stop dreaming and awaken/come to life
 Preciousness blooming and sharing itself with the word

Lines 7:

 The sticky, sugar sap that leaks from flowers as they blossom
 We see the image of transformation from bulbs to flowers

Lines 8:

 "raceme": Group of flowers attached to a stem
 Blossom into honey coloured jewel-like droplets
 Precious

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