Lost or Found world Flashcards

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Skies of truth are now scenes

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  • reluctance to confront the harsh truth
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At the mercy of my curtain eyes,

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  • closing the eyes and rejecting the truth
  • overwhelmed by the world
  • reprieve
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3
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I wink often more often,

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  • deliberate effort to shut out the world
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4
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To draw the curtains

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-

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To cut and forget the skies.

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  • evade the truth

- disenchanted and distressed attitude

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The sea of identity is tears,

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  • identity has been shapen by tears
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A too salty expression

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  • too much grief in his life
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Bleeding my blue veins that’s my pen,

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  • poetry gives voice to the pain and anguish
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On the loose sand that shall sip

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  • his words absorbed by the sand
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10
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And the wind shall help cover it,

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  • not leave a lasting impression
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from the needy arteries

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  • need to express his emotions
  • need to regain identity through writing
  • writing is his will to live
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12
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mountains of hope are flowers,

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  • more hopeful, however, is illusory
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13
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Passes attracting cars like bees,

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-

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14
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For the precious modern honey,

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  • honey compared to money
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15
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That is money,

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  • materialism

- capitalism

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16
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This modern madness

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  • alliteration of m, focus on money

- shows how society has become

17
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Snaps the flowers from their stems

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  • harsh and uncaring

- economic exploitation during Apartheid and still in democratic South Africa

18
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Leaves dry dead bodies, walking up the street.

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  • futility of their lives
19
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Old wished is present deeds,

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  • still trying to achieve the wish of personal prosperity
20
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Bright with blinding for old

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  • hope and prosperity

- blindingly bright attracting like a bug

21
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Dark with wonder for the new,

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  • contrasted with previous line

- darkness is anticipation for the new but lacks hope

22
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That’s where we are

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  • nothing has changed
23
Q

Lost or found world!

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  • uncertainty

- very little change for people

24
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tone

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  • reflective
25
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structure

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  • exhortation

- exclamation marks