Poems

Nature - H.D CARBERRY

We have neither Summer nor Winter Neither Autumn nor Spring. We have instead the days When the gold sun shines on the lush green canefieldsMagnificently. The days when the rain beats like bullet on the roofs And there is no sound but thee swish of water in the gullies And trees struggling in the high Jamaica winds. Also there are the days when leaves fade from off guango trees And the reaped canefields lie bare and fallow to the sun. But best of all there are the days when the mango and the logwood blossom When bushes are full of the sound of bees and the scent of honey, When the tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air, When the buttercups have paved the earth with yellow stars And beauty comes suddenly and the rains have gone.

Meanings of Poem

Nature - H.D CARBERRY

We have neither Summer nor Winter Neither Autumn nor Spring. We have instead the days When the gold sun shines on the lush green canefieldsMagnificently. The days when the rain beats like bullet on the roofs
The poet tells about his homeland ,

Lines 1 to 10

Jamaica and rejoices the beauty of this island. Jamaica has no seasonal changes. It has a tropical climate which is hot and wet throughout the year. The days of golden sunshine are glorious and magnificent. The are many

And there is no sound but thee swish of water in the gullies

And trees struggling in the high Jamaica winds. Also there are the days when leaves fade from off guango trees And the reaped canefields lie bare and fallow to the sun.

canefields in Jamaica as sugar is

one of the main exports in this country.

But best of all there are the days when the mango and the logwood blossom When bushes are full of the sound of bees and the scent of honey, When the tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air, When the buttercups have paved the earth with yellow stars

Lines 11 to 15

In the ending of the poem, the poet tells us his favourite time days when the flowers of mango trees and logwood blossom. He uses imagery of sound and smell to illustrate abundant life and activity in the bushes when the sound of bees and the scent of honey add to the charm and beauty in Jamaica. He describes the fields filled with lovely yellow buttercups. All this happens when the rains have stopped and the

And beauty comes suddenly and the

rains have gone.

beauty if nature emerges once again.

Verse Type

Verse Type
Free verse

Literary Devices

Devices
Imagery

the forming of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things. It is also the use of language to represent actions, persons, objects, and ideas descriptively. e.g. gold sun, lush green fields, trees struggling

 Alliteration

a pattern of sound that includes the repetition of consonant sounds. The repetition can be located at the beginning of successive words or inside the words. e.g. sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air

 Symbols

a symbol is a word or object that stands for another word or object. The object or word can be seen with the eye or not visible. e.g. gold sun symbol of summer

 Simile

a simile is a type of figurative language, language that does not mean exactly what it says, that makes a comparison between two otherwise unalike objects or ideas by connecting them with the words "like" or "as. rain beats like bullets

 Metaphor

a type of figurative language in which a statement is made that says that one thing is something else but, literally, it is not. e.g. the buttercups paved the earth with yellow stars

 Personification

A figure of speech where animals, ideas or inorganic objects are given human characteristics. - e.g buttercups have paved the earth (buttercups have been personified as having laid tiles)

Values

Values
We should appreciate what we have in our own

country We should appreciate the beauty of nature that given by God.

Thank You ()

Reference
http://superstudents.springnote.com/pages/72285

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