POETRY




Line-by-Line Explanations:

  • An Irish airman forsees his death ... WB Yeats
  • Decomposition ... Zulfikar Ghose
  • Refugee mother & child ... Chinua Achebe
  • Sonnet 104 ... William Shakespeare
  • You cannot know the fears I have ... Shabbir Banoonbhai
  • City Johannesburg ... Mongane Wally Serote
  • Mushrooms ... Sylvia Plath
  • Ozymandias ... Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • If you don't stay bitter for too long ... Charles Mangoshi
  • Love poem for my country ... Sandile Dikeni
  • Sunstrike ... Douglas Livingstone
  • Walking Away ... Cecil Day Lewis

PowerPoint Presentations:

  • A young man's thoughts ... Fhazel Johennesse
  • An abandoned bundle ... Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali
  • Autumn ... Roy Campbell
  • Futility ... Wilfred Owen
  • In detention ... Chris van Wyk
  • Lake morning in autumn ... Douglas Livingstone
  • London ... William Blake
  • Old folks laugh ... Maya Angelou
  • On the move ... Thom Gunn
  • Rugby League games ... James Kirkup
  • Sonnet 30 ... William Shakespeare
  • The hollow men ... TS Elliot
  • To a small boy who died in Diepkloof ... Alan Paton
  • When I have fears ... John Keats
  • Wild doves at Louis Trichardt ... William Plomer

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Poetry Notes


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PowerPoint Presentations:

A very BIG thank you to Suzette van Rooyen, a Senior Education Specialist at the Gauteng Department of Education, for these brilliant PowerPoints on the matric poetry.

Much appreciated!


A Young Man's Thoughts.pps


An Abandoned Bundle.pps


Autumn.pps


Futility.pps


In Detention.pps


Lake Morning in Autumn.pps


London.pps


Old Folks Laugh.pps


On the Move.pps


Rugby League Game.pps


Sonnet 30.pps


The Hollow Men.pps


To A Small Boy Who Died in Diepkloof.pps


When I Have Fears.pps


Wild Doves at Louis Trichardt.pps