poem - are you still playing your flute (revision questions).doc

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re you still playing your flute?

Are you still playing your flute?When there is hardly time for our loveI am feeling guilty

To be longing for your song The melody concealed in the slim hollow

of the bambooUncovered by the breath of an artistComposed by his fingersBlown by the wind

To the depth of my heart.

Are you still playing the flute?In the village so uiet and desertedAmidst the sic! rice fieldWhile here it has become a lu"ury

To spend time watching the rain

#a$ing at the evening raysCollecting dew drops%r en&oying the fragrance of flowers.

Are you still playing your flute? The more it disturbs my conscienceto be thin!ing of youin the ha$ard of youmy younger brothers unemployed anddesperatemy people disunited by politics

my friend slaughtered mercilesslythis world is too old and bleeding

1. State the activities that had become luxury.' Spend time watching the rain' Gazing at the evening rays' Collecting dew drops' Enjoying the fragrance of flowers

. !hat does the word here refer to"' City # town

$. !hat caused the people to be disunited"' politics

%. !hat is the atmosphere in the village"' &uiet and deserted

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'. !here is the persona(s beloved now"' village

). *ist down two main themes of the poem"' +ppreciating arts' +dapting to changes

,. -o you li e this poem" Give a reason"' /es0 because learn that we must adapt to changes in order to continue our lives.

2. !hy do you thin the persona feel guilty when she listens to the music"' 3here are more important things she needs to worry about.

4. !hat are the things the persona enjoys doing in the village"' Spend time watching the rain' Gazing at the evening rays' Collecting dew drops

' Enjoying the fragrance of flowers

15. 3he evening rays in the second stanza refers to sunset.

11. !hy is the persona feeling guilty in the first stanza"' She was longing for her beloved(s song

1 . +ctivities such as watching the rain are said to be a luxury. !hat is the reasonfor this"

' *ife in the city is too busy. 3he persona had no time to carry out this activity.

1$. !ithout using examples from the poem0 give two problems that concern the society now"

' ncrease of crime rate li e robbery' 6lood # natural disasters

1%. 3he word artist is line ) refers to the flutist # person who plays the flute.

1'. !hich line suggests that the flutist is talented"' Composed by his fingers

1). !hat is the evidence which proves that the village had been abandoned"' n the village so 7uiet and deserted

1,. 3he phrase younger brother refers to the younger generation.

12. !hich line from this stanza explains the existence of violence"' 8y friend slaughtered mercilessly

14. !hat is the persona trying to tell us about the changes in her life"

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' She has to adapt to changes when she moves to the city where she cannot carryout the activities she loved in the village.

5. !hat is the symbolic significance of the word 9song( or 9flute("' + world free from troubles and stress.

1. !hy do you thin the rice fields are described as 9sic ("

' 3hey are empty and deserted # not being planted.

. &uote two phrases # lines showing how a flute is played"' :ncovered by the breath of an artist' Composed by his fingers

$. !hat happened to the persona # poet(s friends"' 3hey were slaughtered # illed mercilessly.

%. !rite down two words that describe the persona # poet(s younger brothers"

' :nemployed and desperate'. !hy do you thin the persona says the world is old and bleeding"

' 3he world is facing many problems and without changes0 there would be no hopefor the future.

). ;ame two things the persona can do to help the brothers0 people and friends"' illage? breathing in the fresh air # playing in the rain # fishing in the stream or riverCity? shopping in the mall # watching movies in cineplex or cinema

4. Give one reason why are the persona(s friends being slaughtered mercilessly"' 8ay be they have different opinions with some political groups' 8ay be they are robbed

$5. !here is the man playing the flute"' n the village

$1. !rite two words that relate to feeling of helpless when watching something

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happened"' 8ercilessly 0 bleeding

$ . !hy is her conscience 9disturbed( in stanza $"' @ecause her younger brothers are unemployed and desperate.

$$. !hy do you thin the man playing the flute is not leaving his village"

' 8ay be he does not li e the busy life in the city.

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