Question

Read the following poem and answer the questions

[3 MARKS]

Summer, Past And Present

That summer, you told me stories

Inside a makeshift palace we made ourselves

Damp sheets arranged over your old wooden bed

The Too’ picked up dust, leaves, every street sound

And scattered the noise on the window

like a huge king’s army on the move

In your stories, princesses braved every storm „

Clouds were strange hoofed creatures in a hot sky

And summer left behind dry golden leaves in the balcony

This summer, the buzz of the air conditioner

Sleeps over everything, even your snores

For you don’t listen to my stories like I did yours

I chase errant flies, fan you in the time

the generator comes on in welcome relief

Outside, another dry yellow summer stretches

drawn curtains have turned its roar into a mere hum,

we grew up every passing year, summer stayed the same

and left behind dry golden leaves in the balcony.

a. What does the makeshift palace refer to?

b. What was the cloth used by the narrator used for?

c. State what has/have been compared to an army and why.

(i) the clouds

(ii) the loo

(iii) the sky

(iv) the flies​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) The makeshift place refer to damp sheets arranged in your old wooden bed.

b) The damp sheets cloth used by the narrator.

c) The clouds were compared with the army.

Explanation:

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