Love And Time.docx

Love and Time How do you fight a gnawing growing pain of a slow burning flame for someone who has taken your heart? How do you hide a white love going strong the time is so wrong and you must abide? How do you know you have unwisely let go the right one for you your whole life through? How do you decide between loving the right one at the right time or loving the right one whenever he comes? Love and time your heart and mind It is not everyday the right one comes your way Give me the right love at the right time By, Laila Hairani Sanggura (Published in The New Thrill, 1981)

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Recitation ( group work) Work in groups five. You are to create a background story that has resulted in the persona penning down the poem. Present your background story and recite the poem with variations of rhythm to express the nuances of emotions in the poem.

B. Reader Response and Appreciation ( Individual work) Please record your answers on a word document. Name your file and email to your course rep .

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What does the word ‘fight’ in the 1st stanza suggest?

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What effect does the assonance ‘g’ in the phrase ‘gnawing growing’ bring to ‘pain’?

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In the 2nd stanza, how does the poet make the startling contrast?

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With reference to the 3rd and 4th stanzas, explain the phrases ‘the right one’ and ‘the right time’? How does the repetition of these phrases appeal to your feelings and thoughts?

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What impact does these following lines have on the reader? Love and time your heart and mind It is not everyday the right one comes your way

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Imagine the persona is asking you these questions. Provide your responses in the columns indicated . Be creative, logical and critical as possible .

Persona’s questions How do you fight a gnawing growing pain of a slow burning flame or someone who has taken your heart? How do you hide a white love going strong the time is so wrong and you must abide?

Your response

How do you know you have unwisely let go the right one for you your whole life through? How do you decide between loving the right one at the right time or loving the right one whenever he comes?