Poem: Dying child by Freeman Peter Lwamba

[Kanungila Karim]

Thin and red,
Skinny and bald,
The boy groans on the ground.
Swollen stomach
Full of waste,
Thin legs,
Thin arms,
Twitch
As the boy
Fights with flies
Over the empty plate.


Ten years old,
He looks older than ten,
And younger than young,
And so small
As he wriggles,
Prisoner
Of his unproportioned body.


"Mother," shouts the boy,
"When I grow up
I will carry a gun
And not a pen."
"My son," shouts the mother,
"My son," cries the mother
"You will never live to carry a gun
There is no meat for us."

Questions
1.What is a poem about?
2.Who is a person?
3.What is the mood of the persona?
4.How many stanza are in the poem?
5.How many verse does poem have?
6.What are the two possible themes in this poem?
7.Briefly explain the relevant of the two themes mentioned in (6) above to your society?
8.What the word "gun"symbolize?
9.What do we learn from the poem?
10.What type of the poem is this?

NB: Necta 2016 question 11.


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[MOI JOHN]

Hawawezi kulirudia, mashairi yapo mengi ya kuleta.

 

[Translator]

1.What is a poem about?
Its about hunger that seems to be due to government irresponsibility.

2.Who is a person?
You mean persona? Its an outside watcher who reports on the child and his mother.

3.What is the mood of the persona?
Brutally straight

4.How many stanza are in the poem?
Three stanzas.

5.How many verse does poem have?
Twenty six verses.

6.What are the two possible themes in this poem?
hunger (starvation), poverty, corruption, despair, revenge

7.Briefly explain the relevant of the two themes mentioned in (6) above to your society?
relevant? = relevance.
...........

8.What the word "gun" symbolize?
revenge, bitterness.

9.What do we learn from the poem?
- Governments should pay attention to people's nees and sufferings.
- When people are neglected, that can lead to more serious problems.

10.What type of the poem is this?
..........

 

[Kanungila Karim]

Shukran sana mkuu Translator

 

[kabwigwa]

10.lyrical poem

 

[Kanungila Karim]

10.lyrical poem

Why is lyrical poem?

 

[kabwigwa]

Why is lyrical poem?

coz it expresses personal feelings or attitudes

 

[Kanungila Karim]

coz it expresses personal feelings or attitudes

Thank you

 

[MOI JOHN]

Aise3e MOI JOHN

Japo huku mkoani kwetu, kwenye mtihani wa Mock walileta hilo shairi.

 

[Translator]

Shukran sana mkuu Translator

Poa MJUKUU WA CHIFU .

 

[dentemu]

Type of poem.... It's Modern poem .

 

[shakur kimboka]

Kanungila Karim, Baada ya kulisoma kwenye Literature ya fom3 nimelitafuta bila mafanikio kwa miaka na miaka, finally nimeipata 2020.



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