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ENGLISH LANGUAGE |
Advanced Level English Language for Cameroon GCE |
SULEM Johnson NSOM |
ANUCAM |
200 Ledger |
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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH |
Hard Times |
CHARLES DICKENS |
ANUCAM |
300ledger |
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The Way of the World |
SHAKESPEARE |
ANUCAM |
300 ledger |
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Death of A Salesman |
Arthur MILLER |
ANUCAM |
300 ledger |
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Hamlet |
SHAKESPEARE |
ANUCAM |
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The Rape of the Lock |
Alexander POPE |
ANUCAM |
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The General Prologue and the Frankline’s Prologue |
G. CHAUCER |
ANUCAM |
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FRENCH LANGUAGE |
Apprenons le Francais |
MBIMEH Paul and others |
ANUCAM |
300 ledger |
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FRENCH LITERATURE |
L’Enfant de la revolte Muette |
C. NKOA ATENGA |
CLE |
300 ledger |
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Le Fils d’Agatha Moudio |
Francis BEBEY |
CLE |
300 ledger |
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Le denier jour d un condamne |
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Les fausses confidences de marivaux |
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La tragedie du roi christophe |
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La poesie de baudelaire |
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GEOGRAPHY |
Complete Physical Geography and Contemporary Environmental Issues for Advanced Learners |
NCHANGVI Sebastien K. |
GRASSROOTS PUBLISHING |
300 ledger |
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Techniques in Topographic Map Analysis for Advanced Learners |
NCHANGVI Sebastien K. |
GRASSROOTS PUBLISHING |
300 ledger |
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Advanced Integrated Human Geography |
NEBA Martin |
GREENWORLD |
300 ledger |
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Statistical Techniques and Fieldwork in Geography for Advanced Learners |
NCHANGVI Sebastien K. |
GRASSROOTS PUBLISHING |
300 ledger |
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PURE MATHEMATICS |
Explaining Pure Mathematics for A/L |
ATANGA N. |
NAARAT |
300 ledger |
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MECHANICS |
A/L Mechanics and Probability |
ATANGA N. |
NAARAT |
200 ledger |
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STATISTICS |
Explaining A/Level Statistics |
ATANGA N. |
NARAAT |
200 ledger |
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ICT |
Fundamentals if ICT |
NKAMENEI Denis |
QUALITY Prints |
200 ledger |
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10 |
ECONOMICS |
Principles for Advanced Level Students |
FOSSU Zacharie |
CATWA |
500 ledger |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE |
Advanced Concepts in Computing |
A.T. TAZITABONG |
EMENGU |
200 ledger |
UNCOVERED TOPICS AFTER 17/03/2020
INCOME DISTRIBUTION.
Factors of production have to be combined so as to produce national income.We are only concerned here with how this income is distributed so as to compensate the various factors of production.Why do pop stars,footballers and stockbrokers earn such large incomes while on the other hand cleaners,hospitals Porter's earn very low incomes.These are the types of questions that the theory of distribution seeks to answer.It does this by examining the incomes earned by the various factors of production.
1) In the case of labour ,this income takes the form of wages and salaries.
2) The surplus accruing to the entrepreneurship as a reward for his risk- bearing function in the form of profit.
3) In the case of land it is the Rent earned by landlord.
4) In the case of capital it is the profit or interest earned by the owner of capital.
THEORIES OF WAGES.
Wages are earnings from productive labour.
There is a slight difference between wages and salaries.Administrative staff are usually paid a salary on a monthly basis.Most manual workers including lorry drivers ,shop assistants are paid a wage on a weekly or even daily basis.Subsequently,we would only make reference to the wage rate which is the sum of money on employer contracts to pay to a worker in return for services rendered.Such a definition include both wages and salaries.
There are many theories of wages which have been put forward by different economists from time but none of them is free from criticism.The most important of such theories are
*The subsistence theory of wages.
*The wage fund theory .
* The residual claimant theory.
* The modern theory of supply and demand.
WEEK BEGINNING 23RD TO 27TH MARCH 2020
LESSON NOTES FOR GEOGRAPHY LOWER SIXTH
FACTORS DETERMINING THE LIVESTOCK FARMING PATTERN
1) CLIMATE AND VEGETAION: The natural background of Cameroon region is directly and greatly influence the sector. The tropical climate belt with two distinct season and a relatively longer periods of dryness has favoured the rearing of cattle sheep goats and donkeys in north Cameroon. The high temperature over 210c and seasonal rainfall of 1000mm to 1500mm has favoured the growth of savanna grass vegetation which is exploited as natural pasture. The vegetation is scorched during the dry season but becomes during the rainy season which enables the practice of transhumance and pastoral normadism
2) RELIEF: the high land region like Adamawa plateau, the mountain of Mandar western highland are the main cattle rearing zone. This is because their altitude modifies the climate providing grass vegetation used as folder. The cool moist climate of the western highland favours farming because pigs need moist condition as opposed to the day climate of the region
The lowland regions of the south eg coastal lowlands and the southern low plateau have warm moist climate and forest infested with tse tse flies which potect cattle rearing. The insufficiency of natural practices reduces the size and species of the animals, the aboundance of food in the region favours piggery and prouetry
3) CULTURAL HABITS: cultural habits or practices are related to livestock distribution in Cameroon. These people have acquired cattle rearing skills over the centuries from their ancestors. They carry out the activity as a status symbol of wealth and mobility which leads to overgrazing, environmental degradation and a drop in population quality. Muslims use sheep regularly during their religion feast hence the rearing of sheep is underspread on the north.
The raising of pigs is largely inadequate in the north especially on the Adamawa plateau and Benine plain because the muslim religion restricts them from eating pork. Conversely pig farming is widespread on the western land where pork Is used in moist traditional ceremonies
Lower Sixth Literature in English
Poetry
East Africa
Jared Angira
He was born in Kenya, studied commerce at the University of Nairobi where he was editor of “Busara” . He is Africa's representative on the international Executive Committee of world university service and was founder/treasurer of the Writers' Association of Kenya. He now works for the East Africa Habours Corporation in Dar es Salam.
“The Sprinter”
Analysis of the poem
The poet is a passionate admirer of nature to the extent of humanizing by his imagination, a lost lover in the natural features of the surrounding pastoral world in which he finds himself. He begins by imaging hearing the voice of the said lover echoing through the reeds round him. He next imagines her image floating on the flowing waters of the stream. He feels her scent diffused through the wind that blows. He further affirms that her image keeps recurring in his dreams.
Still in his imagination, he perceives her running on boulder rocks, frolic with cattle egrets and kiss the Osage fruits. He attempts to sprint and catch her but realizes he has merely trapped an illusion. The physical presence of the girl was not there for him to trap.
Points of Interest
“Were I Clever”
The poem is an earnest petition against a stressful existence in preference of life idealized in an easeful and blissful career. The poet begins by wishing he had the artful ability to reincarnate to a child sheltered in it’s motherly womb with a tough placenta that protects him from any harm where he will be reveling on foetal food. In this sheltered world of the womb, he will spend an ideal whole day with his duty only being to laugh and never experience sadness.
His next wish is to possess the romantic skill that will enable him to court an “osage” princess with whom he will dwell in the a sky-raised rainbow estate, where love reigns supreme as a landlord. Lastly, he invokes a strong desire to be gifted with the art that will enable him build mansions on the plain sky in which he will institute platonic love music, a choir of parrot and pigeons and learn to sing even more grateful than the pigeons.
Points of Interest
As he opts for an easeful and idealized life, he escapes v from the realities of life and rather attracts our scorn as an escapistthan our sympathy as a sufferer.
“ My Mother Who Art”
Analysis of the poem
The poem is a praise rendering homage by the speaker to his mother who is the indispensable being that brought him into existence. The poet begins by imagining himself a new born infant on it’s mother’s lap. Considering itself a great fortune to it’s mother’s birthhood, he jealously wishes to close her womb so that no other child would be born by her to seize his prestigious birthright
He rationalizes proverbially that “teeth are but bones laughing at the lame” suggestive of the wisdom that should not be blinded to his limitations and mock at the defects of others who comparatively are even better than them. In the light of this proverbial wisdom, he would prefer to laugh with the happy birds ( Robin’s) than to close the mother’s uterus and leave its walls to embrace some other discomforting type of growth. He further reasons that middle- borns like him do not incur the pains of passing through the potential barrier, why then should he close the door to the birth of another child?
In contrast to a civilized child born of an adulterated womb, he is privileged to be born of a virgin womb and therefore praises his mother for her maiden virtue. He will like to hear her sing to him in her original maiden voice. This tune will trigger his feelings of nostalgia and cause him to shed tears of joy. He ends up wishing to rejuvenate to a child so that he can once more suckle his mother’s breast before she dies and her noble personality reduced to a mere relic of human history; no miracle will then be able to restore his dream of reincarnating to a child to enjoy the comfort of the foetal empire.
Points of interest
WEEK BEGINNING 23RD TO 27TH MARCH 2020
Lowersixth macro economics
Topic:MONEY AND BANKING
Lesson:Money
Money is anything which is generally accepted as medium of exchange, measure of value, store of value and as means of standard of deferred payment.
Forms of money
Commodity Money
Commodity money is the simplest and, most likely, the oldest type of money. It builds on scarce natural resources that act as a medium of exchange, store of value, and unit of account. Commodity money is closely related to (and originates from) a barter system, where goods and services are directly exchanged for other goods and services. Commodity money facilitates this process because it acts as a generally accepted medium of exchange. The critical thing to note about commodity money is that its value is defined by the intrinsic value of the commodity itself. In other words, the commodity itself becomes money. Examples of commodity money include gold coins, beads, shells, spices, etc.
Fiat Money
Fiat money gets its value from a government order (i.e., fiat). That means, the government declares fiat money to be legal tender, which requires all people and firms within the country to accept it as a means of payment. If they fail to do so, they may be fined or even put in prison. Unlike commodity money, fiat money is not backed by any physical commodity. By definition, its intrinsic value is significantly lower than its face value. Hence, the value of fiat money is derived from the relationship between supply and demand. Most modern economies are based on a fiat money system. Examples of fiat money include coins and bills.
Fiduciary Money
Fiduciary money depends for its value on the confidence that it will be generally accepted as a medium of exchange. Unlike fiat money, it is not declared legal tender by the government, which means people are not required by law to accept it as a means of payment. Instead, the issuer of fiduciary money promises to exchange it back for a commodity or fiat money if requested by the bearer. As long as people are confident that this promise will not be broken, they can use fiduciary money just like regular fiat or commodity money. Examples of fiduciary money include cheques, banknotes, or drafts.
Commercial Bank Money
Commercial bank money can be described as claims against financial institutions that can be used to purchase goods or services. It represents the portion of a currency that is made of debt generated by commercial banks. More specifically, commercial bank money is created through what we call fractional reserve banking. Fractional reserve banking describes a process where commercial banks give out loans worth more than the value of the actual currency they hold. At this point just note that in essence, commercial bank money is debt generated by commercial banks that can be exchanged for “real” money or to buy goods and services.
Functions of money can be classified into Primary and Secondary
i) Medium of Exchange: – It can be used in making payments for all transactions of goods and services.
ii) Measure /Unit of value: – It helps in measuring the value of goods and services. The value is usually called as price. After knowing the value of goods in single unit (price) exchanges become easy.
i) Standard of deferred payments: Deferred payments referred to those payments which are to be made in near future.
Money acts as a standard deferred payment due to the following reasons:
a) Value of money remains more or less constant compared to other commodities.
b) Money has the merit of general acceptability.
c) Money is more durable compare to other commodity.
ii) Store of value: Money can be stored and does not lose value. Money acts as a store of value due to the following reasons:
a) It is easy and economical to store.
b) Money has the merit of general acceptability.
c) Value of money remains relatively constant
Reading comprehension (10MRKS
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow it. Circle the letter A, B, C or D that corresponds to the most appropriate answer.
Extend rights and opportunities to more o your citizens. See the differences and diversity in this country as strength, just like we in America see our diversity as strength and not a weakness. So, you can choose the path to progress; but it requires making some important choices.
First, it means continuing down the path of a strong more inclusive, more accountable and transparent democracy. Democracy begins with a peacefully elected government. It begins with elections but it doesn’t stop with elections. So, your constitution offers a roadmap to governance that’s more responsive to the people through protection against unchecked power, and more power in the hands of local communities. For this system to succeed, there also has the be space for citizens to exercise their rights and we saw the strength of Kenya’s Civil Society in the last election when groups collected reports of incitement so that violence could be stopped before it span out of control..
The ability for citizens to organize advocate for change, that is the oxygen upon which democracy depends. Democracy is sometimes messy and for some of us, leaders, sometimes it’s frustrating. Democracy means that someone is always complaining about something. Nobody is ever happy in a democracy about their government. If you make one person happy, somebody else is not happy and sometimes, somebody you made happy, later on they are not. They say, “ what have you done for me lately? “
But that’s the nature of democracy – that’s why it works, because it’s constantly challenging leaders to up their game and to do better and such civic participation and freedom is also essential for rooting out the cancer of corruption.
I want to be clear, corruption is not unique to Kenya. There is no country that is completely free of corruption. Certainly, here in the African continent, there are many countries that deal with this problem and I want to assure you, I speak about it wherever I go, not just here in Kenya. But the fact is too often, here in Kenya as is true of other places: corruption is tolerated because that’s how things have always been done. People just think that that is the normal state of affairs, and there was a time in the United States when that was true too – my own town of Chicago was infamous for Alcapone and the Mob and organized crime corrupting law enforcement. But what happened was over time, people got fed up and leaders stood up said, ‘we are not going to play that game anymore.’ And you change the culture and habits.
Here, in Kenya, it is time to change habits and decisively break that cycle because corruption holds backs every aspect of economic and civil life. It’s an anchor that weighs you down and prevents you from achieving what you could. If you need to pay bribe and hire somebody’s brother who is not very good and doesn’t come to work in order to start a business, then that is going to create less jobs for everybody. If electricity is going to limit development of the country as a whole.
It is important that not only low level corruption that not only low level corruption is punished but also folks at the top. If they are taking from the people, then that has to be addresses as well. But it’s not something that is just is fixed by laws or any one person can fix. It requires a commitment by the entire nation – leaders and citizens to change habits and to change culture. Tough laws need to be on the books, and the good news is that your government is taking some important steps in the right direction. People who break the law and violate the public trust spotlight trust need to be prosecuted, NGOs have to be allowed to operate to shine a spotlight on what needs to change, and ordinary people have to stand up and say, ‘enough is enough’. It’s time for a better future. As you take these steps, I promise that America will continue being a partner in supporting investments and strong democratic institutions.
Elements for development that extends economic opportunity and dignity for all of Kenya’s people. America partners with Kenya in areas where you are making enormous progress. We focus on what Kenyans can do for themselves in building capacity, on entrepreneurship where Kenya is becoming an engine for innovation, on access to power where Kenya is developing clean energy that can reach more people; on the important issue of climate change where Kenya’s recent goal to reduce its emissions has put it in the position if being a leader on the continent; on food security where Kenya’s crops are producing more to meet the demands of your people and a global market, and on health where Kenya’s struck huge blows on HIV/AIDS and other diseases while building up the capacity to provide better care for local communities.
America is also partnering with you on an issue that’s fundamental to Kenya’s future. We are investing in youth. We are investing in the young people of Kenya and the young people of this continent. Robert F. Kennedy once said, ‘it is a revolutionary world that we live in and it is the young people who must take the lead.’ So through our Young African Leaders Initiative, we are empowering and connecting young people from across the continent who are filled with energy and optimism and idealism and are going to take Africa to new heights; and these young people are not weighed down by the old ways. They are creating a new path. These are the elements for success in this 21st century.
To continue down this path of progress, it will be vital for Kenya to recognize that no country can achieve its full potential unless it draws on the talents of all its people and that must include the half, who are women and girls…Every country and every culture has traditions that are unique and help make that country what it is.
But just because something is a part of your past doesn’t make it right. It doesn’t mean that it defines your future. Now, look at us in the United States, recently we’ve been having a debate about the confederate flag. Some of you may be familiar with this. This was symbol for those states who fought against the Union to preserve slavery. As a historical artifact, it’s important; but some have argued that it’s just a symbol of heritage that should fly in public spaces. The fact is (that) it was a flag that flew over an army that fought to maintain a system of slavery and racial subjugation. So, we should understand our history but we should also recognize that it it sends a bad message to those who were liberated from slavery and oppression, in part because of (an) unspeakable tragedy that took place recently, where a young man who was a fan of the confederate flag and, racial superiority shot helpless people in a church. More and more Americans of all races are realizing now that that flag should come down.
Just because something is tradition doesn’t make it right. Around the world, there is a tradition of repressing women and treating them differently-not giving them the same opportunities, and husbands beating their wives and children not being sent to school. Those are bad traditions – treating women and girls as second class citizens. Those are bad traditions; they need to change. They are holding you back. Treating women as second class citizens is a bad tradition, it holds you back. There is no excuse for sexual assault or domestic violence. There is no reason that young girls should suffer genital mutilation. There is no place, in civilised society, for early or forced marriage of young girls. These traditions may date back in centuries: they have no place in the 21st century. These are issues of right and wrong in any culture; but they are also issues of success and failure. Any nation that fails to educate its girls or employ its women and allows them to maximize their potential, is doomed to fall behind in the global economy.
Evidence shows that communities that give their daughters the same opportunities as their sons are more peaceful, prosperous; they develop faster, and are more likely to succeed. That’s true in America; that’s true here in Kenya, it doesn’t matter…
There are real threats out here … we are grateful for the sacrifices made by Kenyans on the frontline …We are going to stand shoulder to shoulder with you in this fight against terrorism for as long as it takes. But as I mentioned yesterday, it is important to remember that violent extremists want us to turn against one another. That’s what terrorists typically try to exploit. They know that they are a small minority. They know that they can’t win conventionally. So, what they try to do is target societies where they can exploit divisions. That’s what happens in Irap; that’s what happens around the world…Extremist who prey on distrust must be defeated by communities who stand together and stand for something different …we have to rejects calls that allow us to be divided…Kenya is stronger when Kenyans stand united with a sense of national identity… I love Kenya because you feel at home any where you go. Home anywhere you go. That’s the Kenya that welcomed me almost 30 years ago as a young man. You helped to make me feel at home and standing here today as president of the United States while I think about all those young people and the young people in the attendance here. You will make me feel at home and I’m confident that your future is going to be written across this country and across this continent by young people like you.
Young men and women, we don’t have to struggle under colonial power. We don’t have to look overseas to realize your dreams. Yes, you can realize your dreams. Yes, you can realise your dreams right here right now. We have not inherited this land from our forebears; we have borrowed it from our children. So, now is the time for us to do the hard work of leaving up to that inheritance of building a Kenya where the inherent dignity of every person is respected and protected, and there is no limit to what a child can achieve and I’m here to tell you that the United States of America will be a partner for you every step on the way.
An excerpt of President Obama’s speech to the people of Kenya on his visit to that country, In 2015.
Questions:
1) According to the …………………………is a universal socio-political malaise.
(A) Poverty (B)Democracy (C)Corruption (D)Religion
2)The writer in this passage sounds………………………………………
(A)Prescriptive (B)Descriptive (C) Complacent (D)Satisfied
3) The path to progress in the passage consists of…………………………………………….
(A)inclusive democracy, development that extends economic opportunity and dignity for all and choosing a future of peace and reconciliation.
(B)educating girls and employing women
(C) fighting corruption with tough laws
(D) changing habits and culture
4) The narrator suggests that democracy is the best form of government, yet he says it can messy and frustrating. This statement reprents………………………………………………………………
(A) the fact that nobody is ever happy in a democracy
(B) the paradox of democracy
(C) the disadvantage of democracy
(D)the fact that democracy is misleading
5) The oxygen upon which democracy depends. This statement is an example of……………………………………………………
(A)oxymoron (B)hyperbole (C)metaphor (D)irony
6) The expression ‘ to up their game’ as used in line 20 suggests that ……………………………………………………………
(A)leaders need to constantly improve on the lives of the people they lead
(B)leaders need to increase their game
(C)leaders need to concentrate on playing games
(D)leaders have to strive to be admired.
7) Extend rights and opportunities to more of your citizens. The President said. Put in reported speech, this statement would read …………………………………
(A) The president said that they should extend rights and opportunities to all citizens.
(B)The president advised that rights and opportunities be extended to more citizens
(C)The president said that rights and opportunities should extend to more citizens.
(D)The president said that rights and opportunities should extend to more of your citizens.
8) The passage suggests that the best way to fight corruption……………..
(A)for leaders to up their game
(B)for people to change habits and culture
(C)for people to employ their brothers
(D)for people in public offices to take cuts
9)Three very important characteristics of democracy, according to the passage are: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(A) people need to be allowed to exercise their rights, people who violate public trust need to be prosecuted and NGOs need to be allowed to operate.
(B)people need to root out corruption, having good and tough laws, and fighting disease.
(C)rights of citizens need to be promoted, equity has to be given a chance and countries need to partner with America
(D)fighting climate change, investing in youth and promoting rights of the girls child.
10)In this passage, the writer’s style is: ………………
(A) contrastive (B) -comparative (C) descriptive (D) humorous
SECTION B (10Marks)
Each question has four suggested answers, A.B.C.D. Choose the correct one. Circle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer to join the square brackets for each answer you have chosen.
B- proper noun
C- abstract noun
D- concrete noun[A] [B] [C] [D]
SECTION C (20 Marks)
WEEK BEGINNING 23RD TO 27TH MARCH 2020
LOWER SIXTH
LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Write out the answers to the questions below (10 MKS)
Section C: Essay
Answer any question of your choice below
WEEK BEGINNING 23RD TO 27TH MARCH 2020
Lower Sixth Literature in English
Poetry
East Africa
Jared Angira
He was born in Kenya, studied commerce at the University of Nairobi where he was editor of “Busara” . He is Africa's representative on the international Executive Committee of world university service and was founder/treasurer of the Writers' Association of Kenya. He now works for the East Africa Habours Corporation in Dar es Salam.
“The Sprinter”
Analysis of the poem
The poet is a passionate admirer of nature to the extent of humanizing by his imagination, a lost lover in the natural features of the surrounding pastoral world in which he finds himself. He begins by imaging hearing the voice of the said lover echoing through the reeds round him. He next imagines her image floating on the flowing waters of the stream. He feels her scent diffused through the wind that blows. He further affirms that her image keeps recurring in his dreams.
Still in his imagination, he perceives her running on boulder rocks, frolic with cattle egrets and kiss the Osage fruits. He attempts to sprint and catch her but realizes he has merely trapped an illusion. The physical presence of the girl was not there for him to trap.
Points of Interest
“Were I Clever”
The poem is an earnest petition against a stressful existence in preference of life idealized in an easeful and blissful career. The poet begins by wishing he had the artful ability to reincarnate to a child sheltered in it’s motherly womb with a tough placenta that protects him from any harm where he will be reveling on foetal food. In this sheltered world of the womb, he will spend an ideal whole day with his duty only being to laugh and never experience sadness.
His next wish is to possess the romantic skill that will enable him to court an “osage” princess with whom he will dwell in the a sky-raised rainbow estate, where love reigns supreme as a landlord. Lastly, he invokes a strong desire to be gifted with the art that will enable him build mansions on the plain sky in which he will institute platonic love music, a choir of parrot and pigeons and learn to sing even more grateful than the pigeons.
Points of Interest
As he opts for an easeful and idealized life, he escapes v from the realities of life and rather attracts our scorn as an escapistthan our sympathy as a sufferer.
“ My Mother Who Art”
Analysis of the poem
The poem is a praise rendering homage by the speaker to his mother who is the indispensable being that brought him into existence. The poet begins by imagining himself a new born infant on it’s mother’s lap. Considering itself a great fortune to it’s mother’s birthhood, he jealously wishes to close her womb so that no other child would be born by her to seize his prestigious birthright
He rationalizes proverbially that “teeth are but bones laughing at the lame” suggestive of the wisdom that should not be blinded to his limitations and mock at the defects of others who comparatively are even better than them. In the light of this proverbial wisdom, he would prefer to laugh with the happy birds ( Robin’s) than to close the mother’s uterus and leave its walls to embrace some other discomforting type of growth. He further reasons that middle- borns like him do not incur the pains of passing through
