POEM: Eat more by Joe Corrie

Kanungila Karim · Feb 20, 2017

Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow:
EAT MORE By Joe Corrie
Eat more fruit! The slogan say, ‘More fish, more beef, more bread!’
But I’m on Unemployment more pay
My third year now, and wed.
And so I wonder when I’ll see the slogan when I pass,
The only one that would suit me
‘Eat more Bloody Grass!’
Questions

(a) What is the poem about?

(b)What are the possible themes found in the poem?

(c) How many stanzas are in this poem.

(d)What figure of speech has been used in this poem?

Kanungila Karim · Feb 20, 2017

Help me

shamp · Feb 20, 2017

Poem is about balance diet
Themes found in the poem"un employment, selfishness

Nyingine watamalizia wengine

Jimmy George · Feb 20, 2017

Aaaaah umenikumbusha zamani sana (kwa upande wangu maana kila mtu ana zamani yake)

shamp · Feb 20, 2017

Jimmy George said:
Aaaaah umenikumbusha zamani sana (kwa upande wangu maana kila mtu ana zamani yake)

Mpe jb

Hassan Enzi · Feb 20, 2017

(a)the poem was about the man, who was complaining about his life
(b)possible themes
1.clasess inthe societies
2.povert
3.unemployment
4.balancediet
5.selfishness
(c)two stanza
(d)figure of speech used "the slagan say"

Daudi Mchambuzi · Feb 20, 2017

Malizia beti zote za hii poem

Amrish Puri · Feb 20, 2017

figure of speech ni personification " the slogan says"

Jimmy George · Feb 20, 2017

shamp said:
Mpe jb

Majibu yangu yanafanana na mkuu Hassan Enzi

shamp · Feb 20, 2017

Jimmy George said:
Majibu yangu yanafanana na mkuu Hassan Enzi

Lakin ungempa jb kabla ya hasan ingekua poa

Jimmy George · Feb 20, 2017

shamp said:
Lakin ungempa jb kabla ya hasan ingekua poa

Ameniwahi

shamp · Feb 21, 2017

Jimmy George said:
Ameniwahi

Sawa mkuu

Mhafidhina07 · Feb 21, 2017

dah umrnikumbusha mbali sana vitu simplebhvbbut siwez kuandika maelezo yote hapo

fugees · Feb 21, 2017

A persona tries to claim on how he can get all what the advert is propose, while he is unemployed.

UNEMPLOYYED · Feb 21, 2017

@ the poem is all about a man who complaining about the slogan which insisting to eat a balance diet while he is unemployed.
(b)possible themes are
>unemployment
>Classes [who can afford to eat balance diet and who are not (poverty and rich
>Protest, the persona protest against the slogan
>important of balance diet, the the poet trying to show how important of eating balance diet

©the poet trying to use different figure of speechs to intending the massage first
** personification,.. the slogan has given ability as a human being "the slogan say"
WAKUU NAJIKUMBUSHA TU

shamp · Feb 21, 2017

sukutu said:
@ the poem is all about a man who complaining about the slogan which insisting to eat a balance diet while he is unemployed.
(b)possible themes are
>unemployment
>Classes [who can afford to eat balance diet and who are not (poverty and rich
>Protest, the persona protest against the slogan
>important of balance diet, the the poet trying to show how important of eating balance diet

[emoji767]the poet trying to use different figure of speechs to intending the massage first
** personification,.. the slogan has given ability as a human being "the slogan say"
WAKUU NAJIKUMBUSHA TU

Upo vzur

Hassan Enzi · Feb 21, 2017

sukutu said:
@ the poem is all about a man who complaining about the slogan which insisting to eat a balance diet while he is unemployed.
(b)possible themes are
>unemployment
>Classes [who can afford to eat balance diet and who are not (poverty and rich
>Protest, the persona protest against the slogan
>important of balance diet, the the poet trying to show how important of eating balance diet

©the poet trying to use different figure of speechs to intending the massage first
** personification,.. the slogan has given ability as a human being "the slogan say"
WAKUU NAJIKUMBUSHA TU

haaaa! ipo poa sana man

UNEMPLOYYED · Feb 21, 2017

Pamoja mkuu,

UNEMPLOYYED · Feb 21, 2017

shamp said:
Upo vzur

Pamoja mkuu,

UNEMPLOYYED · Feb 21, 2017

Hassan Enzi said:
haaaa! ipo poa sana man

Hahahaha tunajikumbusha mkuu,

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