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Summarize 'Remember' by Christina Rossetti? |
It's about a woman who cannot accept her impending and demands her beloved to selfishly remember after she dies. The main plots revolve around, life, death, remembrance and forgiveness. |
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Summarize 'somewhere i have never travelled' by ee cummings. |
It's about a man who is desperately in love with a woman who is unaware of his feelings for her. It focuses on focuses on infatuation, obsession and mystery. |
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Summarize 'First day after the war' by Mazisi Kunene? |
This poem describes the joy and jubilation people felt after the government oppressive system. The war refers to the struggle for freedom. |
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Summarize 'The Zulu Girl' by Ray Campbell |
It concerns the oppression and exploitation of black woman. |
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Summarize 'An African Elegy' by Ben Okri |
It's about poverty and the suffering of the African people and how they manage to remain optimistic despite their circumstances. |
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Summarize 'Vultures' by Chinua Adebe |
The poem refers to a Nazi commander of the Belsen concentration camps using metaphors of vultures. It highlights the strange coexistence of gross evil and tender love. |
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Summarize 'Motho ko motho ka batho babang' by Jeremy Cronin |
The Sesotho title translates to 'A person is a person because of other poeple' which references the Nguni Bantu term Ubuntu which means 'humanity'. It examines the idea of commutation it it's various forms. |
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Summarize 'Felix Randal' by Gm Hopkins |
It emphasises the temporary nature of human existence and affirms the importance of religious faiths. It describes the strong bond of friendship and love between the sick and their carers. |
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Summarize 'Funeral Blues' by WH Auden |
An exploration of the devastating effects of grief, mourning and loss. Comparing it to the apocalyptic destruction of the entire world. |
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Summarize 'A Hard Frost' by CD Lewis |
The entire poem is a metaphor. It describes the illusion of superficial beauty to that of a hard Frost. It deals with deception and transformation. |
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Summarize 'An African Thunderstorm' by David Rubadiri |
The poem uses the example of a ruthless force of natural elements to describe the powerful and destructive effects of British and European colonialism of the African People. |
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Summarize 'The Garden of Love' by W Blake |
It focuses on the poets disagreements with the organized religion of his day. He argues that religion should be about love, freedom and joy - not rules and restrictions. |
