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PROGRAM SEBELUM PERCUBAAN SPM 2012

LITERATURE STATIONS

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RYNNYUSUF/SMKKJ

NATURE BY H.D CARBERRY

Exercise 1

1. Why does the poet say that “we have neither summer nor winter”?  

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2. Which word in the poem shows that the poet enjoys the sun?

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3. Where is the place that is described in this poem?

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4. Write down two lines which describe the weather in this place.

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5. Write down two lines which refer to the things the poet likes in his country.

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6. Write down the line which describes the canefields after they are harvested.

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7. What happens to the grass when there is “ a breath of air”? 

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8. What does the poet compare the buttercups to?

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9. What moral value have you learnt from this poem?

……………………………………………………………………………………….  10. What is the main message of this poem?

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ANSWERS

1. Why does the poet say that “we have neither summer nor winter”? 

The country has only ho t days and rainy days.

2. Which word in the poem shows that the poet enjoys the sun?Magnif ic iently

3. Where is the place that is described in this poem?

Jamaica

4. Write down two lines which describe the weather in this place.

i . The gold sun shines on the lush green canefields

i i . The rain beats l ike bul lets on the roof

5. Write down two lines which refer to the things the poet likes in his country.

i . When the mango and the logwood blossom

ii. Bush es are ful l of sound of bees and the scent of honey

i i i . When the tal l grass sways and shivers to the sl ightest breath of air

iv. When the buttercups have paved the earth with yel low stars

[ choose any two ]

6. Write down the line which describes the canefields after they are harvested.

And the reaped canefields l ie bare and fal low to the sun

7. What happens to the grass when there is “ a breath of air”? 

I t sways and shivers in the wind

8. What does the poet compare the buttercups to?

He compares them to the yel low stars

9. What moral value have you learnt from this poem?

To appreciate and b e grateful for what w e have

10. What is the main message of this poem?

The things of v alue and beauty in each coun try may be different but th eir effect on

people is the s ame.