ANALYSIS OF SUNRISE POEM BY JWANI MWAIKUSA IN SWAHILI

POEM: SUNRISE                          


POET: JWANI MWAIKUSA


Behold
The sun has risen
And with it the sons of the land has risen too
Forward they go
Well armed
Singing praises to the beauty of the sunrise
With the determination of long-term warriors
Challenging the enemy
With the courage of free mind
And vigour of a clear purpose
Sit and wait brethren
Wait and see what glory they bring at sunset
How they pay homage to the land
And their people

Guide questions
What is this poem all about?
Sunrise is a poem which is about liberation or armed struggle. It addresses on way society members are ready to go to a battle for challenging their enemy who has oppressed, humiliated, tortured and exploited them over years.

What kind is this poem?

Sunrise is a sonnet poem. It expresses in fourteen lines on the way society members are ready and determined to go for a war in order to liberate themselves from life hardships which they are experiencing.

Who speaks in the poem?

A poet portrayed is the one who speaks in the poem. The persona is determined and serious toward liberation struggle to end injustice prevailing in the society.

What is the mood of the persona?

The mood of the persona in Sunrise is serious and determined

What are the possible themes portrayed in this poem?

-In Sunrise there are themes portrayed like;
a). Unity and solidarity
b). Liberation or armed struggle
c). Patriotism
d). Determination
e). Protest
f). Classes
g). Exploitation
 h). Humiliation
 i). Oppression
j). Discrimination
k). Self sacrifice

Examine the figures of speech used in this poem

a). Personification b). Tautology c). Symbolism

d). Imagery

Identify the lessons portrayed in this poem

a). Patriotism and determination helps people to reach their life expectations
 b). Unity and self sacrifice are necessary tools for any person to restore his or her violated rights
c). Exploitation, humiliation and oppression propagates inequality and injustice in the society
 d). Protest can make people get their rights

How far is this poem related to what happens in the society today?
Sunrise is related to what happens in the society because it portrays on issues like Unity and solidarity, Patriotism, Determination, Protest, Classes, Exploitation, Humiliation, Oppression, Discrimination and Self sacrifice which are happening every day.

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UHAKIKI WA DIWANI YA KIMBUNGA YA HAJI GORA HAJI (Hassan Lemunje)

 KITABU: KIMBUNGA

MWANDISHI: HAJI GORA HAJI

WACHAPISHAJI: TUKI

MWAKA: 1995
 

UTANGULIZI

Kimbunga ni diwani inayozungumziwa juu ya mawaidha mbali mbali katika maisha pamoja na suala zima la ujenzi wa jamii mpya. Katika diwani hii, mwandishi ametoa maadili na maonyo mbali mbali pamoja na mbinu mbalimbali za kufuata ili kufanikisha suala la ujenzi wa jamii hapa nchini.

FANI

a)Muundo

Mwandisha ametumia miundo tofauti katika diwani hii kma vile;Tarbia (mistari 4), Tathlitha (mistari 3) katika shairi la “Kujitawala” (uk 7-8).

    Pia ametumia muundo wa takhimisa  (sabilia) – mistari 5 na kuendelea katika shairi la “Punda” (uk 21-22), shairi la “Bahati” (uk 36).

b)Mtindo

Mtindo uliotumika ni ule unaofuata kanuni za mapokeo za urari wa vina na mizani pamoja na mpangilio wa beti. Karibu mashairi yote yana vina vya kati na mwisho isipokuwa katika mashairi ya “Kimbunga” (uk 1), “Dumuzi” (uk 41), “Madereva” (uk 43), “Chuwi” (uk 42) yana nusu mstari katika kituo.

c)Matumizi ya Lugha

Mwandishi ametumia lugha rahisi iliyoshehenezwa lahaja ya Kiunguja yenye mafumbo na taswira mbali mbali na tamathali za semi kidogo na misemo kwa kiasi.

d)TAMATHALI ZA SEMI

Tashibiha

-Kwenye shairi la “Sifa ya Mke” (uk 40)

-Ufedhuli na uovu kama yake mazoea.

-Awe kama malaika mzuri kupindukiya

Tafsida

Mwandishi ametumia mbinu ya kufumba kwa kusema maneno makali, machafu, matusi kw kutumia tafsida. Mfano shairi la “Nyang’au” (uk 44) linahusu tamaa, “Paka” (uk 22) linahusu wizi, shairi la “Dumuzi” (uk 41) linakemea uvivu, n.k.

Mbinu Nyingine za Kisanaa

Takriri

Mwandishi ametumia takriri ili kuweka msisitizo mfano shairi la “Kujitawala” (uk 7-8) neno kujitawala limerudiwarudiwa.

Matumizi ya Taswira

Mwandishi ametumia taswira nyingi kama vile;

Mfano: Kimbunga …(uk 1)…..Kuashiria mapinduzi

          Kibwangai…(uk 9)….Kuashiria viongozi wasaliti

          Nyani…..(uk 9)…….Kuashiria wananchi waliosalitiwa

         Chuwi…..(uk 42)…..Kuashiria ukoloni mamboleo, n.k.

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THREE SUITORS ONE HUSBAND PLAY ANALYSIS BY OYONO MBIA (Hassan Lemunje)

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THREE SUITORS ONE HUSBAND
PLAYWRIGHT: OYONO MBIA
SETTING: MVOUTESSI VILLLAGE-CAMEROON
 

TITLE
The title of the play is “Three Suitors One Husband”. Tracing through the play we find
that it has a close connection with the content of the play. The following are the three suitors and one husband from “Three suitors One Husband”;
I. The first suitor is Ndi, a young hardworking farmer from Awae who proposes to marry
Juliette and pays the sum of 100,000/= francs. Unfortunately for him he does not succeed to marry Juliette. As the second suitor overpower him.
II. The second suitor is Mbia, a rich civil servant from Sangmelima who proposes to
Marry Juliette and pays the sum of 200,000/= francs plus a lot of things that he has to bring along on top of the bride price to have the marriage settled. He too does not succeed to marry Juliette.
III. The third suitor is Tchetgen, a rich trader/businessman from Bamileke who pays the
Maximum of 200,000/= francs for Juliette. He does not succeed to marry Juliette since the family wants him to pay 300,000/=francs. He is not interested and moves away.
IV. The husband is Oko a young educated man from Ambam who succeeds to marry
Juliette after paying the required amount 300,000/= francs at once. He manages to pay the money after being assisted by Juliette who steals the money her father received from the previous suitors and the two get married legally.

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UHAKIKI WA KIVULI KINAISHI BY SAID A. MOHAMED

 JINA LA KITABU: KIVULI KINAISHI

MWANDISHI: SAID A. MOHAMED

WACHAPISHAJI: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

MWAKA: 1990

UTANGULIZI

Kivuli Kinaishi ni tamthiliya inayojadili na kuchambua matatizo mbalimbali yanayozikabili jamii zetu. Matatizo hayo ni kama vile uongozi mbaya,rushwa,kukosekana kwa haki,kuwepo kwa matabaka katika jamii,Ushirika na uzembe kazini.Kwa kutumia dhana ya Giningi mwandishi amefaulu sana katika kujadili matatizo yao.

UJENZI WA TASWIRA

Unga  wa ndere – Itikadi zinazomfanya mtu katika tabaka tawala akubalike na kushika miiko yaani elimu ya kuwapumbaza watawaliwa ili waone kila kinachofanywa na tbaka tawala ni sawa.
Unga wa rutuba – elimu ya kujitambua katika jamii na kujitambua nafasi yako na kuwa na uwezo wa kuelimisha wengine.
Sauti – mawazo ya tabaka la chini lililoathirika kutokana na utawala wa Bi Kirembwe.
Kivuli kinaishi – mawazo ya kimapinduzi yaliyokwisha pandikizwa kwa vizazi vipya ili kudai haki na usawa.
Uchawi – itikadi za viongozi wasiotaka mabadiliko.
Giningi – ngazi ya utawala wa juu katika jamii.
MANDHARI

Mwandishi ametumia mandhari ya Kitanzania kutokana na kutajwa kwa  miji kama vile Unguja  na Pemba.Vilevile mambo kama rushwa,uongozi mbaya na hali ngumu ya maisha vinaashiria nchi za dunia ya tatu kama vile Tanzania,ambapo baadhi ya viongozi hutumia vibaya madaraka yao.

JINA LA KITABU

Jina la kitabu linasadifu yote yaliyomo ndani ya kitabu.Kitaswira linaashiria mawazo ya kimapinduzi yaliyopandikizwa na Mtolewa kabla hajauawa ambayo vizazi vipya vilivyofuata viliyatumia hadi vikaleta mapinduzi.


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UHAKIKI WA RIWAYA YA MFADHILI KIDATO CHA 5_6 BY HUSEIN ISSA TUWA

JINA LA KITABU: MFADHILI.

MWANDISHI: HUSSEIN TUWA

MCHAPISHAJI: MACMILLAN

MWAKA: 2007

Utangulizi kuhusu Riwaya
Mfadhili ni riwaya iliyoandikwa na Hussein Tuwa, ni riwaya inayoongelea juu ya penzi zito baina ya watu wawili, Gaddi Bullah na Dania Theobald na jinsi ambavyo penzi hilo linavyoingiliwa na mitihani,majaribu na misukosuko mikubwa na namna ambavyo kila mmoja anavyojaribu kukabiliana na hiyo misukosuko. Ni riwaya inayogusa moyo na isiyochosha kusomwa na wasomaji wa kila aina.
Mwandishi Hussein Tuwa pamoja na kuandika riwaya hii, pia ameandika riwaya nyingine inayoitwa, Mkimbizi.
Utangulizi kuhusu uhakiki wa riwaya hii
Tunapofanya uhakiki wa kazi za fasihi huwa tunachambua vipengele mbalimbali  vya fasihi, vipengele hivyo ambavyo huchambuliwa ni fani na maudhui, katika fani huwa tunajishughulisha na Vipengele kama, wahusika, mandhari, mtindo, muundo, matumizi ya lugha, jina la kitabu na jalada, wakati katika maudhui huwa tunashughulika na vipengele kama vile dhamira, migogoro, ujumbe, falsafa ya mwandishi, mtazamo wa mwandishi.

*JINA LA KITABU*
Tukianza na jina la kitabu, jina la kitabu ni Mfadhili, kwa mujibu wa Kamusi ya kiswahili Sanifu [1981] nenoMfadhili limefasiliwa kuwa ni, “Mtu anayemfanyia wema mkubwa mtu mwingine” Kwa maana hiyo basi, kwa kiasi kikubwa jina la kitabu linasadifu yale yanayozungumzwa katika riwaya hii. Kwa mfano tunaona baada ya Dania kuanza kuumwa na Daktari kuthibitisha kuwa ana tatizo la ini juhudi za kumtafuta mfadhili atakayejitolea ini lake lipandikizwe kwa Dania zinafanyika kama mwandishi anavyosema; “Hawakuwa na la kufanya zaidi ya kuanza kutangaza kwenye vyombo vya habari vya ndani na nje ya nchi kuomba wasamaria wema watakaopenda kujitolea sehemu ya ini kumfadhili mgonjwa…” [Uk. 134]
Baada ya Juhudi zote kufanyika za kumtafuta mfadhili kufanyika hatimaye Mwandishi anaonesha kupatikana kwa mfadhili huyo, Mwandishi analithibitisha hili anaposema; “Nina taarifa njema muhimu kwetu sote…hatimaye mfadhili amepatikana!” [Uk 137]
Mwandhishi anamuonesha Gaddi Bullah kuwa ndiye aliyejitolea ini kumfadhili Dania na hivyo kuokoa uhai wa Dania, kama mwandishi anavyothibitisha akimtumia muhusika Dokta Virani anapomwambia Dania; “Gaddi Bullah ndiye mfadhiri wako Dania…” [Uk 140]
Vilevile jina la kitabu linasadifu yale yanayozungumzwa katika riwaya kwa sababu tunamwona Dania baada ya kupona anakuwa akijiuliza kila mara ni nani mfadhili wake? swali ambalo limekuwa likiusumbua moyo wa Dania, kama mwandishi anavyosema; “Ila sasa akili yake ikawa inajiuliza swali moja kila siku. Mfadhili wake ni nani?” [Uk 139]
Pia swala la ufadhili linajitokeza kwa Jerry amabaye anapata ufadhili wa kwenda kusoma Marekani, kama Mwandhishi anavyosema; “…Alikuwa amepata ufadhili wa shirika moja la kimataifa ambalo huwa linapokea maombi mengi sana ya ufadhili kuliko uwezo uliopo…” [Uk 83]
Pamoja na hayo kuna ufadhili mwingine unaofanywa na Dokta Virani kwa Bi. Hanuna, baada ya Bi. Hanuna kukamatwa na polisi na kuwekwa rumande ni Dokta Virani ndiye anayemfadhili kwa kumtoa kwa dhamana kama mwandhishi anavyosema; “Dokta Virani alipopata taarifa alihangaika huku na huko kumpatia dhamana, lakini ilishindikana.” Mwandishi anaendelea kusema; “Siku iliyofuata, Dokta Vilani alifanikiwa kumtoa kwa dhamana.” [Uk 127]
Ufadhili unaofanywa na Mama Mlole kwa Dania na Gaddi Bullah, licha ya kuwa Dania na Gaddi Bullah kuwa na matatizo ambayo yangeweza kuwafukuzisha kazi, Mama Mlole anafanya juhudi kubwa kushawishi uongozi wa kampuni ili waweze kuendelea na kazi kama mwandishi anavyosema akimtumia muhusika Mama Mlole anaposema; “Ndio…na kwa hatua aliyofikia, ilibidi aachishwe kazi, lakini kwa kumsaidia, nikiwa kama Afisa Utumishi wa kampuni, nilipendekeza apewe likizo….nilifanya kazi ya ziada kuushawishi uongo wa kampuni juu ya hili, jinsi nilivyofanya kazi ya ziada kulishawishi lile jopo la wakaguzi kule Arusha kukupa wewe nafasi nyingine…badala ya kukufaukuza kazi…”   [Uk 88]
Hivyo basi kwa ushahidi huo tunaweza kusema jina la kitabu linasadifu yale yote yanayozungumzwa katika riwaya hii.

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THE LION AND THE JEWEL PLAY ANALYSIS BY WOLE SOYINKA (Teacher Hassan Lemunje)

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PLAY TITLE: THE LION AND THE JEWEL
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PLAYWRIGHT: WOLE SOYINKA.

PUBLISHERS: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.

PUBLICATION: 1963.

A: CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERIZATION.

i). SIDI.
-The Village Belle
ii). LAKUNLE.
-A School teacher
iii). BAROKA.
-The ‘Bale’ of Ilujinle
iv). SADIKU.
-Baroka’s head wife
iv). AILATU.
-Baroka’s favourite
v). OTHERS.
-Village girls
-A Wrestler
-A Surveyor
-School boys etc.

Story Structure
This text has arranged its events in chronological order. The playwright has divided this play into three parts being MORNING, NOON and NIGHT.
To begin with MORNING the playwright introduces a text by portraying at a Schoolmaster named LAKUNLE who is shown in the classroom with his students teaching. Shortly, it is portrayed on a Village Belle named SIDI who is shown passing at school making a teacher leave a class and follow her.
Also, this part introduces an expository part as LAKUNLE is portrayed asking a hand of marriage from SIDI but they are in disagreement on the issue of paying the bride price.
Moreover, this part introduces some girls who join hands to LAKUNLE’s and SIDI’s conversation being followed with a traditional dance on the lost traveler. This part ends by the arrival of BAROKA the village Bale who accuses LAKUNLE of stealing a village maidenhead even though he didn’t go.
Furthermore, by realizing the contribution brought by a schoolmaster especially in telling where the society goes wrong. Also, this part builds suspense by portraying BAROKA being in strong desire of marrying another wife as some five full five months has passed since he married.
At NOON, the playwright portrays on SIDI being with LAKUNLE on the way from fetching firewood then they meet with SADIKU who is BAROKA’s eldest wife being sent by BAROKA to ask a hand for marriage as his last wife. The part reveals LAKUNLE’s sadness after hearing the news; however SIDI tells SADIKU that she won’t marry BAROKA. The part goes on depicting BAROKA’s reply after SIDI’s protest on his hand of being a last wife as he makes a trick by laying SADIKU that he is impotent.
At the NIGHT part portrays on SADIKU’s emancipation as she is happy from her husband’s impotence. The part reveals SADIKU singing a song of victory and sharing the story with SIDI the thing which reveals ignorance as SIDI goes to attend at BAROKA’s supper with an intent to mock him unfortunately BAROKA becomes brave and ruins SIDI by having sex with her and destroying her virginity the thing which hurt her a s she realizes it was a trick to traps her. At last this part portrays on illusion as SIDI is married by BAROKA and not LAKUNLE adhering to the custom of marrying a first man who met such a lady.
To sum up a plot of this play, the playwright has began an exposition part by naming it as MORNING where a schoolmaster named LAKUNLE is portrayed teaching; with no time a beautiful girl named SIDI passes the school compound the thing which attracts a schoolmaster, making him leave a class following the girl to ask a hand of marriage.
Rising action begins when LAKUNLE and SIDI are portrayed in disagreement on the issue of paying bride price, being followed with the coming of GIRLS where singing and dancing are portrayed ending by LAKUNLE being accused by a chief BAROKA of stealing a village maidenhead.
Climax is portrayed at a part named NOON, where BAROKA is revealed sending his eldest wife named SADIKU to seduce SIDI marry him as a last wife. This thing made LAKUNLE sad but SIDI opposes the chief’s idea by portraying that BAROKA is older than her. This part ends when SADIKU informs the chief on SIDI’s refusal at his order, the thing which made BAROKA plan a trick of importance in order to trap SIDI.
Falling action comes at a part named NIGHT where SADIKU is portrayed singing, celebrating on women’s emancipation and victory over men’s oppression as chief has became impotent. This makes SIDI attend at chief’s supper as a way of mocking him.
SIDI’s attendance at Chief’s supper leads to a last part of resolution as SIDI is portrayed being deceived by a chief, making sex with him the practice which made her loose her virginity. This event builds an illusion as SIDI had to marry the chief instead of LAKUNLE a schoolmaster.


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THE WONDERFUL SURGEON POEM ANALYSIS BY CHARZ MLOKA (Teacher Hassan Lemunje)

THE WONDERFUL SURGEON

(DAKTARI BINGWA WA UPASUAJI/MALAYA/KICHECHE)

Peem By Charz Mloka
*
In the street they call him,
the hero of butterflies,
or the kingfish.
Those are nicknames,
given to the surgeon,
wonderful the most,
we 're told there has even been.
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In character a cool,
hardworking the most,
serious the face,
always busy looking guy,
But wonderful! Really wonderful!
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In his theatre's he operates,
The wonderful surgeon,
how to flatter he knows,
those patients who pass in his hands,
passing for operation, even if no operation they need.
*
One day he took a girl,
to put to operation he was,
whom people around him thought,
a dance girl she was, not at all like the patient
by the way she dressed,
with timid eyes she looked.
*
But no longer she appeared,
in the way they thought,
to the operation-maniac surgeon,
whom she went to.
The surgeon of relays
Ten operations a day
Was his tradition
The wonderful surgeon
Mad an oddity of the year,
on the day he brought home a woman,
for the same practice.
*
The day, as i recall,
the patient may well have been a loose ball,
some where he collected,
to the theatre he took,
in fact, in the room the surgeon rents,
living with fellow tenants.
*
At midnight it was,
no one could fall asleep,
as the wonderful surgeon performed,
the marvelous operation.
"Isiiii! Isiiii! " the woman groaned.
She cried and cried
Gasped with tears,
in melodic tune.
Could she be reciting stupendous song,
uttering pleasing words, for the ear to hear,
causing bachelor boy,
watchmen all night.
Some touching their euphemisms,
others thinking of modelling,
on the surrogate surgeon.
*
The woman continued, up and down,
"Assssssss! Assssssss! Yeeesss! Yaaaaaah!"
She sang and sang and sang,
squeezing her voice, involuntary,
voice coming out through the nose.
"my lovely surgeon!" said the woman through the nose.
"You are getting me to the touch! "
"Assssssss! ooooooh! " she continued,
"......But! But......! You are dead!
I'm infected!
Iam infected" said she repeatedly in a low voice,
the voice echoing on the corrugated iron sheets above.
*
The surgeon stopped awhile,
looking up and down
Not sure, did he hear right?
He thought of the operation he was performing,
done without gloves.
"What, what did you say? "
He asked hoping he would hear something else.
"I, I'm infected!" He heard right this time.
"Infected of what?" he demanded,
his body and dicky shrinking,
"AIDS!"
"Whaaaaat....?"
"AIDS, Ngoma!" she repeated,
"You are picked a bomb! I'm the bomb!"
*
In the house, everyone was stunned,
none was prepared for the message,
the message that came after the sweet song,
tears freely rolling down the cheeks.
Breaking into laughter, sad laughter.
"Assssssss! They mimicked the amazing woman"

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FUNGATE YA UHURU UHAKIKI BY MOHAMED KHATIBU (Teacher Hassan Lemunje)

KITABU: FUNGATE YA UHURU

MWANDISHI: MOHAMED S. KHATIBU

WACHAPISHAJI: DUP

MWAKA: 1988

UTANGULIZI

    Fungate ni kipindi cha siku saba baada ya harusi..Ni kipindi ambacho Bwana na bibi harusi hula na kunywa tena milo ya kuchagua wakati wote wa fungate.Fedha na vifaa vitumiwavyo na maharusi huwa ni vya kuazima au kuchangiwa(si lazima viwe vyao) Wanapewa  kutoka kwa ndugu na jamaa na hata na vijana wa kuwahudumia.Wachangaji hufanya hivyo kwa sababu wanajua kuwa fungate ni ya muda mfupi(siku saba tu),hivyo huvumilia.

Fungate ni lazima iwe na kikomo.Ikizidisha kikomo hicho ibadili jina labda iitwe unyang’anyi,ulimbwende,uvivu,uzembe au jina lolote lenye kashfa hasa unafiki au usaliti.Mwandishi wa diwani hii ameimwaga ghadhabu hiyo kwa hao maharusi waliohesabu ukarimu wao kuwa ni upumbavu.

Uhuru:Uhuru ni neno linalopendwa sana na wanasiasa wa ubepari au ujamaa.Hekaheka za uhuru(kudai,kuomba au kupigania) zinaweza kufananishwa na shughuli za kutafuta mchumba,kupeleka posa kulipa mahari,na kufunga ndoa.

Katika kipindi chote cha uhuru, watu, hususani viongozi,hufurahi na kufanya sherehe ambazo huwagharimu raia-mali na vitu mbalimbali.Lakini kwa kuwa uhuru ni kitu cha thamani kama maharusi,raia hukubali kugharimia sherehe hizo.Lakini pia sherehe za uhuru kama fungate hutazamiwa iwe ya muda mfupi –labda mwezi  mmoja au miwili.

Raia wanchi zilizopata uhuru barani Afrika walikuwa na shauku ya kupata maendeleo lakini hawajafikia lengo lao hadi sasa kwa sababu viongozi wetu wanaendeleza Fungate ya Uhuru.Hivyo viongozi wanchi za Afrika wamewasaliti wananchi wao waliowachagua.Katika utangulizi mwandishi anasema ;

Nikate tama,

Kwani tuendavyo,hatufiki,

Vile ipasavyo,hayakamiliki,

Mambo yalivyo,ni unafiki,

Tumesalitiwa!

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EAT MORE POEM ANALYSIS BY JOE CORRIE

TITLE: EAT MORE
 
                                     POET: JOE CORRIE
“Eat more fruit”, the slogan says
  More fish, more beef, more bread
  But I’m on unemployment pay
  My third year now and wed

  And also I wonder when I`ll see
  The slogan when I pass
  The only one that would suit me
  “Eat more bloody grass”

Guide questions
What is this poem all about?
Eat More is a poem which is about eating balance diet. It addresses on an individual’s feelings toward the commercial slogan which insists people to eat balance diet while most of them are poor.

What kind is this poem?
Eat More is a lyric poem. It expresses on the strong feelings of poor people about a commercial slogan which emphasizes on all people to eat balance diet while most of them are poor.

Who speaks in the poem?
A poet portrayed as poor person is the one who speaks in the poem. The persona is angry, bitter and unhappy complaining on the commercial slogan which insists all people to eat balance diet while most of them are poor and cannot afford to buy items needed for balance diet.

What is the mood of the persona?
The mood of the persona in Eat More is angry, satirical and sad

What are the possible themes portrayed in this poem?
-In Eat More there are themes portrayed like;
a). Balance diet b). Unemployment c). Poverty d). Protest e). Hypocrisy f). Classes

Examine the figures of speech used in this poem
a). Personification
Eg Slogan say

 b). Tautology

 c). Symbolism
Eg
Slogan for Authority
Bloody Grass for poverty
Beef,meat,bread for Upper class

d). Satire
Eg Eat more Bloody Grass
e). Imagery

Identify the lessons portrayed in this poem
a). Balance diet builds stronger health to people b). Unemployment stagnates development
c). Poverty make people fail to eat balance diet d). Protest can make people get their rights
e). Hypocrisy is not good in the society because it can lead to misunderstandings between people

How far is this poem related to what happens in the society today?
Eat More is related to what happens in the society because it portrays on issues like Balance diet, unemployment, Poverty, Protest, Hypocrisy and Classes which are happening every day.

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