POETRY 3 - I AM THE LAND - 3MARKS

1. “Then someone tickles me, plant life ............. fruit”

a. Whom does ‘me’ refer to?

Ans: ‘me’ refers to the earth.

b. What does tickle mean in the context?

Ans.: According to the context tickle mean to plough the land.

c. What is the mood of the speaker in the statement?

Ans.: The mother earth waits patiently when the people plough the land, plant, trees and grow fruits.

2. “You come with guns; a chain link necklace chokes me now”.

a. Whom does ‘me’ refer to?

Ans: ‘me’ refers to the earth.

b. Why do they come with guns?

Ans.: The soldiers come with guns fighting for the land.

c. What is the feeling of the speaker?

Ans.: People fight with guns for the land and mother earth feels suffocated with the action of men.

3. “You cannot put a fence around the planet earth”

a. Who is the speaker here?

Ans:  The earth.

a. What is the tone of the speaker here?

Ans.: It is a tone of self-assertion

b. Why does it feel so?

Ans.: The speaker mocks at the people who wage wars and build fences on the land to divide nations.