Poetry from Other Cultures and Traditions

Cluster 1

Quiz

Quick Quiz

Name two poems by poets from America

1. Two Scavengers – Lawrence Ferlinghetti

2. What Were They Like? – Denise Levertov

Name two poems that compare the past and

present

1. Nothing’s Changed2. Island Man3. Blessing4. What Were They Like?

Name three things that the poet’s father tries as a cure in

‘Night of the Scorpion’

1. Curse2. Blessing3. Powder4. Mixture5. Herb6. Hybrid7. Paraffin

What colour are the blazers of the garbagemen?

Red

What do Tatamkulu Afrika’s “hands burn” for?

1. A stone

2. A bomb

What is the elegant man wearing?

1. A three-piece linen suit

2. Sunglasses

What do the people use to collect water with in

‘Blessing’?

1. Pots

2. Buckets

3. Hands

What does the Commandant stop to buy?

Sweets

What saves the narrator in ‘Limbo’?

Music

What wakes Island Man up?

The sound of blue surf…

…which is really the noise of traffic outside

Find the quotation

Which poems do the following quotations come from? “Stick hit sound”

“His crumpled pillow waves”

“Sir, their light hearts turned to stone”

“Watching some odorless TV ad”

“We know where we belong”

Answers “Stick hit sound”

Limbo “His crumpled pillow waves”

Island Man “Sir, their light hearts turned to stone”

What Were They Like “Watching some odorless TV ad”

Two Scavengers “We know where we belong”

Nothing’s Changed

Identify the technique

What is the poetic device used in the following quotations? The skin cracks like a pod

Parting with his poison

After the children were killed / there were no more buds

So casually coifed

A pebble on a stem

Answers The skin cracks like a pod

Simile Parting with his poison

Alliteration After the children were killed / there were no

more budsMetaphor

So casually coifedAlliteration

A pebble on a stemMetaphor