in the midst of hardship (malay version)

Malay version of In the Midst of Hardship Dalam Bencana Mereka pulang ke rumah waktu subuh hari dengan pakaian robek basah menghampiri api tungku lengan mereka penuh calar kaki mereka penuh luka tapi di kening mereka tidak kelihatan rasa kecewa Sehari semalaman mereka mengharungi banjir berendam antara bangkai ternakan dan serpihan kulit tumbuhan kerbau balar si buyung masih belum ditemui. Mereka dilahirkan dalam bencana tidak ada keluhan dan kutukan kini mereka berjenaka di dapur sambil menggulung rokok daun. Latiff Mohideen 1978 SETTING The setting of the poem is in the house. THEMES * Stoicism in life * Family love * Acceptance of way of life MORAL VALUES 1. We should learn to accept problems in life with a positive outlook. 2. We must attempt to face and solve problems. 3. Failure is part of growing up. 4. Do not despair in the face of failure. TONE, MOOD, ATMOSPHERE * Understanding and sympathetic * Dismal * Acceptance of situation POINT OF VIEW * Third person pint of view. LANGUAGE & STYLE * Language is simple and easy to understand. * The style is simple with no rhyming scheme. POETIC DEVICES * Imagery – Gives picture of poet’s thoughts e.g ‘soaky clothes torn’ and ‘legs full of wounds’ * Alliteration – e.g. ‘but on their brows’ * Symbols – e.g. ‘horrendous flood’ and ‘bloating carcasses’ * Diction – e.g. ‘stove’ and ‘brows‘ # In stanza 1, which lines indicate the suffering that the people endure while out in the rain? Their limbs marked by scratches # In stanza 1, why did the people approach the stove? They are wet and cold. # In Stanza 2, who had to brave the horrendous flood? The father and the mother # In your opinion, what might happen to the albino buffalo? It drowned in the flood. # How long did the heavy downpour occur? The whole day and night # From the poem, what hardship did the villagers had to face? Flood

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Page 1: In the Midst of Hardship (Malay Version)

Malay version of In the Midst of Hardship

Dalam BencanaMereka pulang ke rumahwaktu subuh haridengan pakaian robek basahmenghampiri api tungkulengan mereka penuh calarkaki mereka penuh lukatapi di kening merekatidak kelihatan rasa kecewaSehari semalamanmereka mengharungi banjirberendam antara bangkai ternakandan serpihan kulit tumbuhankerbau balar si buyungmasih belum ditemui.Mereka dilahirkan dalam bencanatidak ada keluhan dan kutukankini mereka berjenaka di dapursambil menggulung rokok daun.

Latiff Mohideen 1978

SETTING

The setting of the poem is in the house.

THEMES

* Stoicism in life * Family love * Acceptance of way of life

MORAL VALUES

1. We should learn to accept problems in life with a positive outlook. 2. We must attempt to face and solve problems. 3. Failure is part of growing up. 4. Do not despair in the face of failure.

TONE, MOOD, ATMOSPHERE

* Understanding and sympathetic * Dismal * Acceptance of situation

POINT OF VIEW

* Third person pint of view.

LANGUAGE & STYLE

* Language is simple and easy to understand. * The style is simple with no rhyming scheme.

POETIC DEVICES

* Imagery – Gives picture of poet’s thoughts e.g ‘soaky clothes torn’ and ‘legs full of wounds’ * Alliteration – e.g. ‘but on their brows’ * Symbols – e.g. ‘horrendous flood’ and ‘bloating carcasses’ * Diction – e.g. ‘stove’ and ‘brows‘

#In stanza 1, which lines indicate the suffering that the people endure while out in the rain?Their limbs marked by scratches

#In stanza 1, why did the people approach the stove?They are wet and cold.

#In Stanza 2, who had to brave the horrendous flood?The father and the mother

#In your opinion, what might happen to the albino buffalo?It drowned in the flood.

#How long did the heavy downpour occur?The whole day and night

#From the poem, what hardship did the villagers had to face?Flood

#What is the couple's attitude towards the problems they face in life?They are resilient in facing challenges in life.

#In your opinion, why did the boy love the albino buffalo so much?A child has unconditional love and he doesn't care much about its strange look.

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