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Penguin on the Beach (Miller)

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This is an annotated copy of the poem. This poem is one of the poems that the IEB has prescribed for the 2020 Matric year. Annotations provide brief snippets of extra information.

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  • August 22, 2020
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  • 2020/2021
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Penguin on the Beach

Stranger in his own element,
Sea-casualty, the castaway manikin
Waddles in his tailored coat-tails. Oil

Has spread a deep commercial stain
Over his downy shirt front. Sleazy, grey,
It clogs the sleekness. Far too well

He must recall the past, to be so cautious:
Watch him step into the waves. He shudders
Under the froth; slides, slips, on the wet sand,

Escaping to dryness, dearth, in a white cascade,
An involuntary shouldering off of gleam.
Hands push him back into the sea. He stands

In pained and silent expostulation.
Once he knew a sunlit, leaping smoothness,
But close with his head’s small knoll, and dark,

He retains the image: Oil on sea,
Green slicks, black lassoos of sludge (sibilant alliteration)
Sleeving the breakers in a stain-spread scarf. (garments)

He shudders now from the clean flinching wave, (transferred epithet)
Turns and plods back up the yellow sand,
Ineffably wary, triumphantly sad.

He is immensely wise: he trusts nobody. His senses
Are clogged with experience. He eats
Fish from the Saviour’s hands, and it tastes black. (religious imagery and irony)


By Ruth Miller

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primary symptoms include intrusive memories or flashbacks, avoiding things that remind you of the
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