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EnglishPoems:
1.) Handcuffs – by Mbuyiseni Oswald
Theme: apartheid,justice and prejudice
Message: never give up on your dreams,through determination and hard work freedom was achieved.
Writer: MTSHALI-South African poet who writes about the devastating effects of life under apartheid.When he
wrote the poem he was arrested and spent several months in prison because he was a suspect of a
robbery.
Line 1 – 5;
1) Metaphor “Handcuffs” - for not being free, for living through injustice and prejudice.
2) “fangs” - handcuffs fit tightly around wrists,it hurts both mentally and physically.
- alliteration: emphasises how they dont let go.
- alliteration: emphasise how deep handcuffs go into flesh
4) “battalion”-hyperbole: exaggeration to show how irritating and frustrating it is to not be free.
5) “fleas”- are compared to soldiers while fleas are harmless
-Litotes: making light of a serious situation -Apartheid.
Line 6 – 10 :
6) “itch” and “heart” - Litotes: the pain and frustration are being compared which implies a little irritation
-Metaphor: nagging emotional pain because he is not free.
-Metaphor; “heart” - emotions
7) “deeper” - Repetition: at the moment his feelings are repressed
8) “scratch” - he can do nothing about the situation,he will only make it worse.
9) “?” -Rhetorical question : physically - he is handcuffed
mentally – he is deprived of freedom.
, 10) “My” - alliteration: he is suffering mentally and physically
Line 11 – 15 :
11) “manacled“ - metaphor: behind bars in person
13) “caged” - he may not think thoughts of freedom,and be regarded as a traitor and lose his life
15) “shackled” -he is not free and is filled with anger,hurt and resentment.
TYPOGRAPHY: There is nothing he can do,he has no freedom and will have to grin and endure.
Line 16 – 19 :
16) “ethereal cloud” - metaphor: dream of freedom which will be like a huge banner blowing in the sky.
17) “blowing” - alliteration: the banner will be blowing wildly and will be clear for all to see.
18) Inverted commas – implies the direct words on the banner ( all people have the same dream of becoming
free )
18) “ brother” -metaphor : there is a feeeling of togetherness
19) “despair” - hplessness
2)Excuses,excuses -Gareth Owen
Structure: narrative tells the story
direct speech (question and answer format)
free verse (no rhytm or rhyme)
Writer: the speaker is a student and teacher
Subject: it is about a student’s excuses
Line 1-7:
1) Tone: the teacher is frustrated
3) Learner is unbothered,casual,does not use full sentences
3) Tone of indiffrence
7) seems to be unemotional or detached
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