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    THE ZEBRAS

    By Roy Campbell
    Roy Campbell
    • South African Poet
    • Followed a variety of
    occupations.
    • Considered the best
    poet between World
    War I and World War II
    ◦ No stanza’s
    ◦ Uses punctuation to separate his
    Poem thoughts

    Structure: ◦ Full stop after every fourth line.


    ◦ Abba cddc ee fggf
    Poem
    Theme:
    ◦Beauty and creation
    of nature
    ◦Freedom and zest
    for life that humans
    lack
    1 From the dark woods that Line 1- Personification: woods that
    breathe
    breathe of fallen showers,
    It has recently rained and you can smell
    rain in the air
    2 Harnessed with level rays in
    golden reins,
    Line 2- describing the rays of rising sun
    Reins are narrow straps attached to a
    3 The zebras draw the dawn horse’s mouth bit.

    across the plains


    Line 1 &2 – Contrast the white and black
    stripes on Zebra
    4 Wading knee-keep among the
    scarlet flowers.
    1 From the dark woods that Line 3- Freedom. The zebras are able to
    run freely
    breathe of fallen showers,
    Metaphor
    Assonance: long aw sound (slow
    2 Harnessed with level rays in movement of the zebra)
    golden reins,

    Line 4- wading: walking with effort


    3 The zebras draw the dawn through a liquid. Zebras are walking
    through shallow water.
    across the plains
    Scarlet flowers- bright colours
    Line 1-4: Imagery
    4 Wading knee-keep among the
    scarlet flowers.
    Line 5-8: Simile; emotional sense of awe and
    5 The sunlight, zithering their
    wonder in human nature
    flanks with fire,
    Movement of the zebras across the plain
    Line 5- zithering: playing an instrument(zither) the
    zebras are making metaphorical music with their
    6 Flashes between the shadows as stripes
    they pass Onomatopoeia: the sound the fire is making
    Flanks: side of a person/animals body between
    the ribs and the hip
    7 Barred with electric tremors Line 6- Imagery
    through the grass The zebras are making shadows on the grass as
    they walk
    Line 7- The movement of the grass
    8 Like wind along the gold strings Line 8- lyre: stringed instrument
    of a lyre. Sunlight and shadows- white and black of zebra
    9 Into the flushed air snorting rosy Line 9- plumes cloud of steam.

    plumes The zebras breathing in the cold morning


    air

    10 That smoulder round their feet in Line 10- breathe is lingering in the air

    drifting fumes,
    Line 11- filly is a female Zebra
    Personification: doves and fillies do not
    11 With dove-like voices call the have voices
    distant fillies,
    Line 12- stallion is a male Zebra (singles
    out the stallion to show brute strength of
    12 While round the herds the the animal)
    stallion wheels his flight, Wheels- turns and looks at the filly
    13 Engine of beauty volted with Line 13- the filly looks back at the
    stallion
    delight,
    Both the filly and the stallion get
    together

    14 To roll his mare among the


    trampled lilies. Line 14- the stallion joins his mare and
    they run off together

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