Literature: PoemAre You Still Playing Your Flute? Question and answer1. Who is the persona in the poem?.2. Write one line from the poem that depicts that people are jobless..3. Provide three phrases that depict the message of cruel realities of a nation in uncertainty of its future...4. In your own words describe why the poet used the word sick to describe the rice fields..5 What did the persona mean when she said deserted?.6. Why is the persona feeling guilty?7. Why is the question Are you still playing your flute repeated as the starting line of all the stanzas?8. In your opinion, is this a romantic poem? Provide reasons for your answer..

Practice 51. a very perceptive and reflective woman.2. my younger brothers unemployed and desperate3. my people disunited by politics my friend slaughtered mercilessly this world is too old and bleeding.4. Perhaps the yield is not rewarding/ the harvest is destroyed due to bad weather.Practice 65. the villagers have left/migrated.6. Feeling guilty as she is enjoying the music when the nation is plagued with problems7. This is to stress on the activity as something that should not be done when the nation is facing so much trouble.8. No, it is not a romantic poem. It is poem that shows the irony between a leisure activity and problems faced by the nation at the same time.