6. sad i ams presentation
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Sad I Ams
By: Trevor Millum
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About the
Poet Born in the U.K
Writes poems, playsand stories for allages.
Self-employed.
Poetry collections :
A Stegosaurus iffor
Life and Other
animal poems and
Exploding Heads
Comics StripPoems.
An Ex-English teacher
Was director of theational Associationfor !eaching ofEnglish
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The Poem& amthe ringfrom an empty (ola canthe scrapingsfrom an )n*ashed porridgepan
the se+ered armfrom last years Action %an
& amthe en+elopeon *hich the g)m is gone
the Sellotape*here yo) cant nd the endthe toothless stapler,springless )lldog clipthe dried-)p li/)id paperthe mars instead of mendsthe stamped addressed reply
that yo) forgotto send
& amthe attery in *hich nocharge is leftthe starter motor *hichremains inertthe tyre on *hich the tread
is *ornthe spar0ing pl)g *hichsho*s no sign of spar0the car)rettor cho0ed yits of dirtthe chromi)m trim from*hich the shine has gone.
& ama gardeno+ergro*n *ith *eeds
a lirary oo0that no one e+er reads
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Poem Analysis: Stanza 1
Poem %eaning
& amthe ring
from an empty(ola canthe scrapingsfrom an
)n*ashedporridge panthe se+ered armfrom last yearsAction %an
!he persona is
the ring from an
empty drin0 can,
lefto+ers from an
)ncleaned
porridge pan
and the ro0en
arm of last years
action toy.
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Stanza 1
the se+ered armof lastyears Action%an
the scrapings
from an)n*ashedporridge pan
the ringfrom anempty (olacan
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Poem Analysis: Stanza 2
Poem %eaning
& amthe en+elopeon *hich the g)m is
gonethe Sellotape*here yo) cant ndthe endthe toothlessstapler, springless)lldog clipthe dried-)p li/)idpaperthe mars instead ofmends
the stampedaddressed re l
!he persona goes on
to say that he or she
is li0e an assortment
of )n*antedstationery items
s)ch as an en+elope
that cannot e
sealed as the g)m is
gone, the roll of
Sellotape *hich
cannot e peeled
o1, an empty stapler
*itho)t staples anda clip that has no
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Stanza 2theen+elopeon *hichg)m isgone
thetoothlessstapler
springless )lldogclip
the dried-)p li/)id paper
the stampedaddressed replythat yo) forgot tosend
the sellotape *hereyo) cant nd the
end
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Poem Analysis: Stanza 3
Poem %eaning
& amthe attery in *hichno charge is left
the starter motor*hich remains inertthe tyre on *hich thetread is *ornthe spar0ing pl)g
*hich sho*s no signof spar0the car)rettorcho0ed y its of dirtthe chromi)m trimfrom *hich the shinehas gone.
&n this stan2a, the
persona li0ens
himself or herself to
+ario)s parts of a
car. !he persona is a
attery that cannot
charge, a starter
motor that does not*or0, a ald tyre, a
spar0ing pl)g *ith
no life, a dirty
car)rettor and not
a too shiny
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Stanza 3the
car)rettorcho0ed yits of dirt
the chromi)mtrim from*hich theshine has gone
the startermotor*hichremains
inert
the attery in
*hich nocharge is left
the tyre on *hichthe tread is *orn
the spar0ing pl)g*hichsho*s no sign
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Poem Analysis: Stanza 4
Poem %eaning
& ama gardeno+ergro*n *ith
*eedsa lirary oo0that no one e+erreadsa stray
*hich no one thin0sto feedthe piece of goodad+ice *hich no oneseems to need
&n the nal stan2a,
the persona e/)ates
himself3 herself to
an o+ergro*n
garden, a oo0 from
the lirary that no
one pic0s o)t, a
h)ngry stray and an)nheeded piece of
good ad+ice.
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Stanza 4
a stray *hichno onethin0s tofeed
a piece of goodad+ice *hich noone seems toneed
a liraryoo0 that noone e+erreads
a gardeno+ergro*n *ith*eeds
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Setting4
o s!e"i#"
time $rame ismentioned%
The !ersonais sim!ly
relatin& his orher thou&hts%
o
s!e"i#"!la"e ismentioned%
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!one5
mood
P.$.#
Persona
6loomy and depressing.Sympathy and sad especially*ithin a family.
78irst person point of +ie*
!he gender of the persona is not mentioned.9o*e+er, it can e ass)med that the personaan elderly.
!%o%v ' !oint o$
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%
"eection
egligenceof ones
possessions
8eelingof)selessness
Themes
egati+ism ao)t
life
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%oral #al)es4
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'iterary
;e+ices4
Persona regardshimself as the)n*anted things s)ch
as ring of empty cans.
pan=
Action %an=
Scrapings from an )n*ashedporridgepan symoli2es )n*antedthings
Asso : < )n*ashed porridge pan=Allit :
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Prepared for : English >K;, PP; Kl)ang