Question

Which historical event inspired the poem ‘The Child is not Dead?’


The Phillipi massacre


The Sharperville massacre


The Soweto uprising


The Women’s march



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The line ‘The child is the dark shadow of the soldiers’ is a ---


Allusion


Comparison


Metaphor


Simile

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. The poem ‘The Zulu Girl’ shows that change is inevitable

True

False
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‘The child is not dead.’ What does the persona mean by these words?


People continue to talk about this child.


The child continued to live in the poet herself.


The child haunts his murderers.


The child is corporeally dead but continues to live poetically and spiritually.


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Which line in ‘The Zulu Girl’ is a contrast to the line ‘She takes him to a ring of shadow pooled/By thorn trees…’


‘His sleepy mouth, plugged by the heavy nipple’


‘Like a broad river sighing through its reeds’


‘Through his frail nerves her own deep langours ripple’


‘When in the sun the red hot acres smoulder’



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The poem ‘The Zulu Girl was prophetic’

True

False
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Which line in ‘The Child is Not dead’ relates to Ingrid Jonker’s own experience?


The child grown into a giant journeys through the whole world/ Without a pass’


‘The child is not dead.’


‘ The child lifts his fists against his father’


The child is present at all assemblies and law-givings’

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The Soweto uprising.
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Metaphor.
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False. The poem 'The Zulu Girl' does not necessarily indicate anything about change being inevitable. It is a poem that examines the experiences and emotions of a young girl in a specific context.
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The child is corporeally dead but continues to live poetically and spiritually.
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‘When in the sun the red hot acres smoulder’.
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False. The poem 'The Zulu Girl' is not a prophetic poem, it is a descriptive poem that explores the thoughts and emotions of a young girl. It does not make any predictions or prophecies about the future.
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The line "The child is present at all assemblies and law-givings" relates to Ingrid Jonker's experience as she was present at the opening of the South African parliament where she read her poem, "Die Kind" ("The Child"), in which she calls for an end to the killings of children, a theme that is also present in "The Child is Not Dead".