Form 4 Poems 2015

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The Living Photograph&

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Prepared by: Puan Azalina Mohd Yuso

M ains Teng!u Muha""ad #aris Petra

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The Living Photograph

by Jackie Kay

The poet’s background

Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1961 to a Scottish

mother and a Nigerian father. She was adoted by a white coule at

birth and was brought u in !lasgow, studying at the "oyal Scottish

#cademy of $usic and %rama and Stirling &ni'ersity where she

ma(ored in English.)he e*erience of being adoted by and growing u within a white

family insired her first collection of oetry, The Adoption

Papers +1991. )he oems deal with an adoted child-s search for a

cultural identity.


$y small grandmother is tall there,

straightback, white broderie anglaise shirt,

leated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun,

a kind, old smile round her eyes./er big hand holds mine,

white hand in black hand.

/er shar blue eyes look her own death in the eye.

0t was true after all that look.

$y tall grandmother became small.

/er back round and hunched.

/er sou forgot to boil.

She went to the awful lace grandmothers go.

Somewhere unknown, unthinkable.

ut there she is still,

in the hoto with me at three,

the crinkled smile is still li'ing, breathing.

Stan2a 3ne

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Line no. Line Interpretation

1 $y small grandmother is tall there, )he ersona is describing her

grandmother in the hotograh +tall 4

healthy 5 well straightback, white broderie anglaise shirt, /er hysical aearance +straight

back 5 what she wears +'ery neat 5roer

Note4 broderie anglaise is 7rench for

8English embroidery

: leated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun,

; a kind, old smile round her eyes. /er smile shows that she is kind 5

gentle< /er big hand holds mine, /er grandmother is lo'ing 5 caring

6 white hand in black hand. )he white hand belongs to her

grandmother 5 the black hand is the

ersonas +togetherness

= /er shar blue eyes look her own death in the eye. /er grandmothers 'ision is still

good but she is actually dyingStan2a )wo

Line no. Line Interpretation

1 0t was true after all> that look. 8that look refers to the look of

someone dying $y tall grandmother became small. /er grandmothers condition got

worse when she was sick and dying: /er back round and hunched.

; /er sou forgot to boil. She was too ill to take care of

herself

< She went to the awful lace grandmothers go. She died

6 Somewhere unknown, unthinkable. )he lace her grandmother was sent

to+afterlife was a mystery to theersonaStan2a )hree

?ine no. ?ine 0nterretation

1 ut there she is still, )he ersona is looking at the

hotograh of her grandmother and

her when she was three years old

in the hoto with me at three,

: the crinkled smile is still li'ing, breathing. )o her, the memory of her old

grandmother is still new and fresh

TIME@@@ S)#NA# 1 4 Bresent +?ooking at the hotograh

S)#NA# 4 Bast +"emembering what haened

S)#NA# : 4 Bresent +?ooking at the hotograh again

“Without love, life isn’t worth living.” Ja!ie "a#

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1. /ow old was the ersona when the hotograh was taken DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

. %escribe the ersonas feelings when she looks at the hotograh. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

:. Fuote the hrase that describes the grandmother as being old. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

P!"&TI&E ) +HTS ,uestions-

1. 0n stan2a 1, why does the grandmother look tall in the hotograh DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDG marksH

. ased on stan2a 1, describe how the ersona feels about her grandmother.

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:. Chy do you think the ersona describes the afterlife as awful, unknown and

unthinkable

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;. 0s it good to kee hotograhs of your lo'ed ones !i'e two reasons.+a DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDG1 markH

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by #lfred, ?ord )ennyson+1I91I9

The poet’s background

)his oem was written to memoriali2e a suicidal charge by light ca'alryo'er oen terrain by ritish forces in the attle of alacla'a +&kraine in

the rimean Car +1I

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annon in front of themMolleyed5 thundered>Stormed at with shot and shell,oldly they rode and well,0nto the (aws of %eath,0nto the mouth of /ell

"ode the si* hundred.

?ine

no.

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1 /alf a league, half a league, # league is an old way to measure

distance, and it was eual to about :

miles. So half a league is roughly a mile

and a half O the brigadePbattalion wascharging forward in the battlefield

/alf a league onward,

: #ll in the 'alley of %eath )he lace where many soldiers would die

in the battle +'ery scary 5 uncertain; "ode the si* hundred. )he e*act number of soldiers was 6,

riding horses

< Q7orward, the ?ight rigadeL )he catain commanded the soldiers to

mo'e forward bra'ely$ote% the# are alled &Light& to separate

the' fro' the &(eav# )rigade,& another

!ind of avalr# unit at the ti'e.Tenn#son*s

poe' is based on real events. In +-,

there was a /harge of the Light )rigade

during the /ri'ean War.

6 harge for the gunsLR he said. )he soldiers were ordered to attack= 0nto the 'alley of %eath )he soldiers mo'ed to the battlefield,

reared to fight and to die fighting.)he

brigade was ordered into the 'alley, e'en

though they knew that they were going to

die.

I "ode the si* hundred. Emhasis on the small number of soldiers

O few but bra'e soldiers riding on

horseback

?ineno.

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1 Q7orward, the ?ight rigadeLR #gain, the catain commanded the

soldiers to mo'e forward

Cas there a man dismayed Cas there any soldier who would lose his

courage, be terrified or sad

: Not though the soldier knew

3f course the ?ight rigade was too tough

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and loyal to feel dismayed. )hese men did

not feel discouraged at all. )hey were

ready to do their (ob, e'en though the

order might be cra2y +to meet their death.

; Some one had blundered.)he soldiers knew that this charge was

not a good idea, that someone had made

a mistake.< )heirs not to make rely, )he soldiers were loyal and obedient O

they did not talk back to their commander

6 )heirs not to reason why, 3r to figure out the oint of the attack

= )heirs but to do and die. #ll they could do was to ride and fight and

ossibly die

I 0nto the 'alley of %eath "eetition of stan2a 1 O to emhasi2e

couragePbra'ery, loyalty, commitment,

duty

9 "ode the si* hundred.

?ine no. S)#NA# : 0N)E"B"E)#)03N

1 annon to right of them, )he soldiers were surrounded by enemy

cannon on their left, right and front. ad

news for the ?ight rigade O they were

actually surrounded by enemies.

annon to left of them,

: annon in front of them

; Molleyed and thundered> So the huge walls of cannon all around

them were firing and making a sound like

thunder

< Stormed at with shot and shell,

)he soldiers in the ?ight rigade were

being shot at with bullets and big e*losi'es

fired from the cannon a 'iolent, noisy,

destructi'e force that sounded like a storm.

6 oldly they rode and well,

)hese soldiers were not scared of the

gunfire. )hey rode bra'ely, confidently and

with determination. 0t shows us how heroic

these men were.

= 0nto the (aws of %eath, )hey were readyPwilling to die of honour I 0nto the mouth of /ell 8/ell O suffering and torture but the soldiers

were bra'e

9 "ode the si* hundred. 6 bra'ePcourageous soldiers O men of

honour

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THEMES: ra'ery P ourage

/onour

Car and conflict

%eath and destruction

M!"L #"L$ES: ra'ery P ourage

?oyalty

%etermination

onfidence

/onour

Sacrifice

M!"L LESS%S: Ce must struggle for eace, not war.

Ce must be loyal to our sueriors.

%isciline is imortant in life. #lways be bra'e in facing challenges in life.

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1. Chat does the Q?ight rigadeR refer to DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

. Cho said Q7orward, the ?ight rigadeLR

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :. Chat was the order

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD ;. Q0nto the 'alley of %eathR

Chat would haen to the men DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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1. ased on this stan2a, describe the ersonality of the soldiers.+a DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD +b DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

+c DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD . )he word Q)heirsR refers to DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD :. Chat is the meaning of QblunderedR

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1. %escribe the scene of the battlefield. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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. Chat QMolleyed and thunderedR DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

:. Chat do you think haened at the end of the oem DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD


1. 0n your own words, describe how the soldiers felt when they went into the battlefield. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDG marksH

. 0n your oinion, was it the right thing to do for the soldiers to follow the catains

command !i'e a reason. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDG marksH

:. Chat do you think of the catains command DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDG marksH

;. !i'e two suggestions on how we should show our areciations to those who defend

our country.+a DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDG1 markH

+b DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDG1 markH

P!"&TI&E * +#&".$L"!/-

No. Cord $eaning No. Cord $eaning1 league < 'olleyed

'alley 6 shell

: dismayed = boldly; blundered I (aws

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History

• # ma(or conflict of the 19th century, the rimean Car claimed at least =

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trenches and lugging artillery into osition rior to initiating a bombardment of the city on 3ctober

1=. y that time, howe'er, the "ussians had significantly strengthened their defenses. #fter

holding out for eight days, they tried to break the siege with a dawn attack on ritains suly

base in the nearby fishing 'illage of alacla'a. )hat morning, ha'ing forced 3ttoman troos to

abandon four defensi'e redoubts, they were able to occuy the auseway /eights (ust outside

town. ut they failed to rogress any further thanks to a regiment of Scottish highlanders and the

/ea'y rigade, each of which reelled a "ussian ad'ance.

• Cith alacla'a now safe, ?ord 7it2roy Somerset "aglan, the ritish commanderinchief in

rimea, turned his attention back to the auseway /eights, where he belie'ed the "ussians

were attemting to make off with some of his artillery guns. /e ordered the ca'alry, consisting of

both the /ea'y and ?ight brigades, to ad'ance with infantry suort Qand take ad'antage of any

oortunity to reco'erR the lost ground. ?ord "aglan e*ected the ca'alrymen to mo'e

immediately, with the infantry to come later. ut !eorge ingham, the earl of ?ucan, who

commanded the ca'alry, thought he wanted them to attack together. #s a result, ?ucans men sat

around for ;< minutes waiting for the infantry to arri'e. #t that oint, "aglan issued a new order,

telling the ca'alry to Qad'ance raidly to the front T and try to re'ent the enemy carrying away

the guns.R 7rom his 'antage oint, howe'er, ?ucan could not see any guns being remo'ed.

onfused, he asked "aglans aidedecam where to attack, but instead of ointing to the

auseway /eights, the aide allegedly wa'ed his arm in the direction of a "ussian artillery battery

at the far end of an e*osed 'alley.

• ?ucan ne*t aroached his brotherinlaw James rudenell, the earl of ardigan, who

commanded the ?ight rigade. )he two men loathed each other so much they were barely on

seaking terms. #nd neither was aarently resected by the troos. 3ne officer in the ?ight

rigade went so far as to call them both Qfools.R ardigan, he wrote in a letter home, Qhas as

much brains as my boot. /e is only eualed in want of intellect by his relation the earl of ?ucan.R

)hough erturbed by "aglans order, ?ucan and ardigan obeyed it without first checking back in

to make sure they understood it correctly. #t their bidding, the roughly 6= members of the ?ight

rigade drew their sabres and lances and began their infamous mileandauarterlong charge

with "ussians shooting at them from three directions +though ne'er from all three at once. )he

first man to fall was "aglans aidedecam. #nother soldier then had Qhis head clean carried off

by a round shot, yet for about : yards further the headless body ket in the saddle,R according to

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a sur'i'or. 3ther sur'i'ors soke of being slattered with horse blood, of watching their

comanions lose limbs, of seeing brains on the ground and of going through smoke so thick it

was like Qriding into the mouth of a 'olcano.R

• )he /ea'y rigade, which, its name notwithstanding, resembled the ?ight rigade e*cet with

regard to uniform color, was suosed to follow in suort but only went a short way down the

'alley before ?ucan directed it to turn back. Somehow, the ?ight rigade reached its destination

anyway, crashing into the enemy lines with a 'engeance. # few "ussians e'en shot at their own

comrades in a deserate bid to clear an escae route. )he ?ight rigades members didnt hold

the ground for long, though, before being forced to stagger back from whence they came. En

route, "ussian artillery ounded away again from the auseway /eightsUbut not from the other

two sides, as the ?ight rigade had taken out one battery itself and the 7rench had taken out

anotherUwhile "ussian ca'alrymen attemted to entra them. 0n the end, of the roughly 6=

?ight rigade soldiers, about 11 were killed and 16 were wounded, a ; ercent casualty rate.

)hey also lost aro*imately :=< horses.

• %esite failing to o'errun alacla'a, the "ussians claimed 'ictory in the battle, arading their

catured artillery guns through Se'astool. Vet they would surrender the city and na'al base

nearly a year later, after which they agreed to gi'e u a small chunk of territory and to kee their

warshis out of the lack Sea in e*change for eace. $eanwhile, the ?ight rigades e*loits had

already become legendary in ritain, thanks largely to #lfred )ennysons oem Q)he harge of

the ?ight rigade.R Named oet laureate a few years earlier by Fueen Mictoria, he raised the

bra'ery of the men as they rode into the Q'alley of death.R /is oem Q)he harge of the /ea'y

rigade at alacla'a,R on the other hand, ne'er uite catured the ublics imagination.

Additional )nfor"ation on the Poe" :

tanzas '* + & ,-

7lash-d all their sabres bare,7lash-d as they turn-d in airSabring the gunners there,harging an army while

#ll the world wonder-d4Blunged in the batterysmoke"ight thro- the line they broke>ossack 5 "ussian"eel-d from the sabrestroke,Shatter-d 5 sunder-d.)hen they rode back, but notNot the si* hundred.

annon to right of them,

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annon to left of them,annon behind themMolley-d and thunder-d>Storm-d at with shot and shell,Chile horse 5 hero fell,)hey that had fought so well

ame thro- the (aws of %eath,ack from the mouth of /ell,

#ll that was left of them,?eft of si* hundred.

Chen can their glory fade3 the wild charge they madeL

#ll the world wonder-d./onour the charge they madeL/onour the ?ight rigade,Noble si* hundredL

Remember & honour...

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P!"&TI&E '

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1. !i'e three descritions of the ersonas grandmothers aearance.+a tall

+b straightback+c has a kind old smile+#lso accet 4 neat P roerly dressed

. ased on Stan2a 1, describe the grandmothers ersonality.+a kind+b warm+#lso accet 4 lo'ing P caring P other suitable ad(ecti'es

:. Chat does line = tell you about the grandmother

Still strong P determined P courageous P bra'e

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1. %escribe the grandmother when she was old and sick.+a small+b round and hunched

. Chy did she forget to boil her souShe was too ill P sick

:. Chat haened to the grandmother in the endShe died

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1. /ow old was the ersona when the hotograh was taken

)hree. %escribe the ersonas feelings when she looks at the hotograh.

Sad P nostalgic P other suitable ad(ecti'es:. Fuote the hrase that describes the grandmother as being old.

+the crinkled smile


$0T1 %The answers for (0T2 3uestions an be varied 4 wide ranging but 'ost i'portantl#,

the# should be logial5reasonable and relevant to the 3uestion. Teahers are advised to use

their own disretion. The answers given below are si'pl# e6a'ples of aeptable ones .

1. 0n stan2a 1, why does the grandmother look tall in the hotograhecause she is still wellPhealthy e'en though she is already old G marksH

. ased on stan2a 1, describe how the ersona feels about her grandmother.She lo'es her grandmother 'ery much and she is 'ery close to her grandmother.

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G marksH

:. Chy do you think the ersona describes the afterlife as awful, unknown and

unthinkableecause she is still a child and to her, death is something that is 'ery scary and

mysterious.G marksH

;. 0s it good to kee hotograhs of your lo'ed ones !i'e two reasons.+a Ves, because we can always remember how they look like G1 markH

+b Ves, because we can show the hotograhs to our children and grandchildren and

tell them about their ancestors G1 markH

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1. ased on this stan2a, describe the ersonality of the soldiers.+a loyalPobedient+b bra'ePcourageous+c confidentPdetermined

. )he word Q)heirsR refers to the soldiers:. Chat is the meaning of QblunderedR

$ade a mistake

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1. %escribe the scene of the battlefield.)he soldiers were surrounded by the enemies P the soldiers were attacked with cannon

and gunshots. Chat QMolleyed and thunderedR

)he cannon:. Chat do you think haened at the end of the oem

$ost of the soldiers died in the battle P the soldiers lost the war P other ossible answers


$0T1 %The answers for (0T2 3uestions an be varied 4 wide ranging but 'ost i'portantl#,

the# should be logial5reasonable and relevant to the 3uestion. Teahers are advised to use

their own disretion. The answers given below are si'pl# e6a'ples of aeptable ones .

1. 0n your own words, describe how the soldiers felt when they went into the battlefield.)hey felt 'ery bra'e and determined to win the war e'en though they were a small a

grou of soldiers G marksH

. 0n your oinion, was it the right thing to do for the soldiers to follow the catains

command !i'e a reason.Ves, because it was their duty to follow their leader 3"No, because the catains command means that they would die in the battle G marksH

:. Chat do you think of the catains command0t was the right thing to do because all the soldiers were e*erienced 3"0t was a cra2y thing to do because there were only 6 soldiers to fight against so many

enemies. G marksH

;. !i'e two suggestions on how we should show our areciations to those who defend

our country.+c Ce should ha'e a secial 8/ero %ay to honour them G1 markH

+d Ce should gi'e them a secial award for their honorable deeds G1 markH

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