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FIRST
ADDITIONAL
LANGUAGE
Grade 10
Literature
Module:
Poetry
RESOURCE PACK
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CATTLE IN THE RAIN:

NO MAN IS AN
John Donne
Musaemura
Zimunya

ISLAND:

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FATHER’S VOICE:
Chris van Wyk
Mongane Wally
THE CLOTHES:

I HAVE MY
Serote

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Robert Hayden
Gareth Owen

THOSE WINTER
EXCUSES,
EXCUSES:

SUNDAYS:

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 THE WILL:
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Sipho Sepamla

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HOW POEMS ARE MADE
– A DISCREDITED VIEW:
Alice Walker
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THUNDERSTORM:
Oswald Mtshali

David Rubadiri
HANDCUFFS:
Mbuyiseni

AFRICAN

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alliteration
assonance

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anti-climax
contrast

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euphemism
hyperbole

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irony
metaphor

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oxymoron
onomatopoeia

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personification
pun

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sarcasm
repetition

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simile
symbol

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understatement
Nature vs
Humans

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Community
Isolation vs
Frustration
& Anger

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Power
Conflict

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Oppression
Symbols of
Courage
Hope &

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Anticipation
Struggle &
Internal
Peace

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for Identity
The Search

Narrative
Therapy

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Community

Equality

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Misunderstanding

Warmth
Cold &

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a Symbol of
Clothing as
Apartheid,
Poverty &
Suffering

Death

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 Resource 1: Cattle
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Cattle, like the ones in the poem, ‘Cattle in the rain’.
 Resource 2: A teacher and learner argue
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Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock
In the poem, ‘Excuses, excuses’, a teacher argues with a learner just like these two could be.
 Resource 3: Handcuffs
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Rommel Canlas / Shutterstock
Here is a photo of handcuffs like the ones in the poem, ‘Handcuffs’. Handcuffs are
also a metaphor for being trapped in a hopeless and helpless situation.
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Resource 4:
Black and white cat

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A black and white cat like the one in the poem, ‘The Will’. In the poem, the
poet says the cat will have to be divided when he dies. He uses the cat as a
metaphor for the division of black and white people under Apartheid.

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 Resource 5: An overflowing cup
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ksana-art / Shutterstock
In the poem, ‘How Poems are Made - A Discredited View’,
the poet compares her love to an overflowing cup.
 Resource 6: Thunderstorm
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This picture shows a typical African thunderstorm in the distance. In the poem, ‘African
Thunderstorm’, the poet describes all the elements of an African thunderstorm.
 Resource 7: A man on an island in a storm
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In the poem, ‘No man is an island’, the poet’s message is that humans should not isolate
themselves from others as if they are a man on an island, cut off from others.
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Resource 8:
Father and Son

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In the poem, ‘I have my father’s voice’, the poet

compares his mannerisms to his father’s.

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 Resource 9: Old clothes on a washing line
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Old clothes on a washing line, like the washed,
torn ones in the poem, ‘The Clothes’.
 Resource 10: A stove with a fireplace
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Yanovskaya / Shutterstock
The father in the poem ‘Those Winter Sundays’ got up early to light the
fire in a stove like this one, to warm the house before his family got up.
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Key words (figurative

language / devices)
Figure of Definition
speech/Device
alliteration Repetition of consonants close together, e.g. cuddling kittens
assonance Repetition of vowels close together, e.g. blue moon
A disappointing or unexpected end to exciting events, e.g. We came!
anti-climax
We saw! (We left fast!)
Two opposite ideas set up against each other, e.g. Her friend’s
contrast
success made her own failure worse.
A mild word used instead of an embarrassing one, e.g. She passed
euphemism
over (instead of, She died).
hyperbole A deliberate exaggeration, e.g. A big man in mountainous.
A statement or situation that has an underlying meaning that is
different from the literal meaning, e.g. Standing in a storm and
irony saying, ‘Nice weather.’
A direct comparison of two unlike things, e.g. Liars made her blood
metaphor
boil.
oxymoron Two seemingly opposite words next to each other, e.g. open secret
onomatopoeia The word is the same as the sound, e.g. zip.
personification Giving human qualities to an object or idea, e.g. The wind howled.
A play on words which are identical or similar in sound. It is used
to make jokes, e.g. A horse is a stable animal. (Stable refers to the
pun literal shelter, but also to the figurative meaning of trustworthiness.)
repetition Saying the same thing again, e.g. Run! Run!
Extreme irony used to be unkind or to mock someone, e.g. saying
sarcasm
‘Oh, well done!’ when someone breaks a glass.
An indirect comparison, using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’, e.g. as red as
simile
blood
An object standing for an idea, e.g. Christianity is represented by a
symbol
cross, and Islam by a crescent moon.
Pretending something is less important than it is, e.g. saying, ‘There
understatement
was some damage’ after fires burned the entire peninsula.

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