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DAAROM – ILNA STANDER
1. My profiel
My profile
2. is ‘n spieëlskrikker,
is a frightening sight/makes the mirror get a fright,
3. my vel ‘n dermatoloog se droom,
my skin a dermatologist’s dream
4. my arms en bene misliklank in die pad,
my arms and legs are horribly tall, clumsy,
5. my bolip se dons bleek.
my upper lip’s fluff is pale.
6. Tussen meisies: die groot krater.
Amongst the girls: I am the biggest fool.
7. Daarom antwoord ek nie
That’s why I don’t answer
8. met my deurslaanstem nie,
with my breaking voice,
9. kruip ek eerder onder my kuif
I rather hide under my fringe
10. (ononderhandelbaar) weg
which is not negotiable (won’t cut it because he can hide behind it)
11. en oefen ek agteraf
and I secretly practice
12. my afsakbroek-stap.
my dropping-down-pants-walk.
13. Daarom bid ek die tyd om.
That’s why I’m praying that time will just pass
PROPERTY OF M SOUNES NO COPYING, SHARING OR DISTRIBUTION OF ANY KIND ALLOWED 1
, 14. Intussen donder ek deure toe.
In the meantime, I slam doors shut.
Analysis (analise) of the poem
1. My profiel “My” = first-person
narrator
(eerstepersoonsverteller/
ek-spreker). The poem is
being told (word vertel)
from a teenage boy’s
(tienerseun se) point of
view (perspektief).
He starts off (begin) with
his appearance
(voorkoms), speaking
about (oor) his profile,
therefore already
placing (plaas)
emphasis (klem) on
what he looks (lyk) like
and showing (wys) the
reader that this is
something (iets) which is
important (belangrik) to
him.
2. is ‘n spieëlskrikker, Metaphor (metafoor)
and word play
(woordspeling) as well.
The speaker’s (spreker
se) profile is something
that could (kan) frighten
(skrikmaak) a mirror
(spieël), which implies
PROPERTY OF M SOUNES NO COPYING, SHARING OR DISTRIBUTION OF ANY KIND ALLOWED 2
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