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Read the oral poem below and respond to the questions that follow. A BAREFOOT BOY

Read the oral poem below and respond to the questions that follow.

A BAREFOOT BOY
A barefoot boy! I mark him at his play…
For May is here once more, and so is he,…
His dusty trousers, rolled half to the knee,
And his bare ankles grimy, too, as they:
Cross- hatchings of the nettle, in array
Of feverish stripes, hint vividly to me
Of woody pathways winding endlessly
Along the creek, where even yesterday
He plunged his shrinking body – gasped and shook
Yet called the water ‘warm’ with never lack
Of joy. And so, half enviously I look
Upon this graceless barefoot and his track,…
His toe stubbed…, his big toe-nail knocked back
Like unto the clasp of an old pocketbook.

i) Identify and illustrate two devices that make the poem musical.

ii) How would you effectively recite line 13 of this poem?

iii) Which word would you stress in line 12? Give a reason

Answers


Martin
a)
i) Alliteration ‘….water ‘warm’ with ‘ /w/
‘ …. barefoot boy ….’ /b/
‘ …. Woody …. Winding …. ‘ / w /
Rhyme - The following rhyming words contribute to the musicality of the poem.
- Play / array / they / yesterday
- He / knee/ me
- Shook / lack / look / track / back / pocketbook
Any one + illustration

ii) I would use the appropriate gestures/would use my index finger to point my toe; the injured finger.
I would use an appropriate facial expression by frowning my face to show the pain suffered by the barefoot
boy after stubbing.
I would stress the following content words: toe, stubbed, big, knocked.
Any one + illustration

iii) I would stress the words, ‘graceless,’ ‘barefoot’ and track. They are content ?words.
Any one stressed word +7 reasons

marto answered the question on May 24, 2019 at 08:39

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