The Planners

Question 1

Meaning:

Answer 1

The poet talks about progress, can be boring in the sense that we organise everything neatly there is no mystery left. Everything is perfectly done until it is wrong to make a mistake. Wonders; is this form of progress a good or bad

Question 2

Poet

Answer 2

Poet became disillusioned as the Country was losing its culture and childhood though construction and growth

Question 3

First Stanza

Answer 3

Repetition of ‘They’ throughout poem, reinforce different people. Lexical field of Math language reinforce maths side to planning, no mystery, precision of modern planning /practicality.

Question 4

Second Stanza

Answer 4

Extended metaphor of ‘Teeth’, precision, perfect, clinical exactness. If an imperfection can be removed. Country wears them, not ruth/real Singapore just a mask/disguise. ‘Hypnosis’ put to sleep hide truth forget past new reality.

Question 5

Third Stanza

Answer 5

Change in personal pronoun to appeal to audience to try and detach them from progress. ‘Blueprint’ Planning what people are going to remember, history/culture. Realises change is inevitable

Question 6

Structure

Answer 6

Planners take more space, irregular sentence length looks like skyscrape.

Question 7

Similar Poem

Answer 7

A different History - Forget Past/Culture

The City Planners - Disgust at City Planners