Friday 6 January 2012

Forgive my Guilt

Forgive my Guilt

1. What is the theme of the poem?
a) An accident
b) A plea for forgiveness
c) Two injured birds
d) A confused mind
2. What incident is the poet recalling?
3. Where and when did the incident take place?
4. Identify two contrasting images of the birds, before and after the incident
occurred.
5. Select images that appeal to the sense of
(a) sight (b) sound
Explain each and say whether it is appropriate or not.
6. Identify two similes in the poem.
Explain each and say whether it is appropriate or not.
7. What mood does the poem evoke in the reader?
8. What are your feelings towards the poet?
9. State the qualities of the poet which you discern in the poem.

17 comments:

  1. where is the answer for the question

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  2. there is no answer you must answer the questions

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  3. aren't u guys suppose to supply us with the answeres???

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  4. where is the commentary? that would be a more appropriate question

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  5. Are you guys going put up analysis and other shizz for this too.

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  6. It would be nice if we got the analysis too, like what was done for A Contemplation Upon Flowers

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  7. The theme for Forgive my Guilt is regret and remorse. The poet regret the day when he was a boy and he shot and broke two birds'wings and it was heart rending for him to watch the birds hopelessly cry to their kind in the air. When he is now older and he hears any birds cries in the sky he painfully remember the day he denied two birds from freedom 'air' and allow them to experience a confuse ,lingering death.

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  8. The two image to describe the birds before and after the incident is metaphor. Before the birds were shot by the poet . We learnt by the phrase ' birds on silver ivory wing's' not only the freedom of the bird but the viability ,beauty and warmth of life . Later in poem by the phrase ' broken silver ivory where wings should be '. This painfully contrast the first phrase to show that the birds lack freedom as their wings which symbolises freedom are broken .It also show that the birds will be forever denied of the air and it is a poignant contrast to the other birds on ' silver ivory wings' that are in the sky as it show that the birds with the broken wings are unable to be with their kind and therefore they have to remain behind as the migration pattern continue.

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    1. You couldn't have said it better :)

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  9. I think you should have at least given us some information as you usually do because the main reason students come on the internet in the first place is to get more information than we already have, if we even have any.

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  11. Can someone help me with question 8 and 9 please?

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  12. can someone help me please with this question who is the speaker? in this poem

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  13. whats the simile

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  14. Can someone help me with number 5

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