SPM LITERATURE (FORM 5 POEM) - NATURE

We have neither Summer nor Winter Neither Autumn nor Spring. We have instead the days When the gold sun shines on the lush green canefields Magnificently. The days when the rain beats like bulllets on the roofs And there is no sound but the swish of water in the gullies And trees struggling in the high amaica winds. Also there are the days when the leaves fade from off guango trees Also the reaped canefields lie bare and fallow to the sun. !ut best of all there are the days when the mango and logwood blossom When the bushes are full of the sound of bees and the scent of honey" When tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air" When the buttercups have paved the earth with yellow stars And beauty comes suddenly and the rains have gone. H.D. Carberry Match the l !e" #$ the %#e& t# the c#rrect &ea! !'( )e ha*e !e ther S+&&er !#r ) !ter Ne ther A+t+&! !#r S%r !'. )e ha*e !"tea, the ,ay" )he! the '#l, "+! "h !e" #! the l+"h 'ree! ca!e$ el," -Ma'! $ ce!tly. The ,ay" -he! the ra ! beat" l .e b+llet" #! the r##$" A!, there " !# "#+!, b+t the "- "h #$ -ater ! the '+ll e" A!, tree" "tr+''l !' ! the h 'h /a&a ca - !,". Al"# there are the ,ay" -he! the lea*e" $a,e $r#& #$$ '+a!'# tree" Al"# the rea%e, ca!e$ el," l e bare a!, $all#t# the "+!. 0+t be"t #$ all there are the ,ay" -he! the &a!'# a!, l#'-##, bl#""#& )he! the b+"he" are $+ll #$ the "#+!, #$ bee" a!, the "ce!t #$ h#!ey1 )he! tall 'ra"" "-ay" a!, "h *er" t# the "l 'hte"t breath #$ a r1 )he! the b+tterc+%" ha*e %a*e, the earth - th yell#- "tar" A!, bea+ty c#&e" "+,,e!ly a!, the ra !" ha*e '#!e. The country does not have the four seasons. #temperate climate$ There is no spring" summer" autumn and winter. The tall grass sways in the light bree%e. And the yellow buttercup flowers cover the entire ground" &ust like stars in the sky. 'nstead" amaica has a hot and wet climate. #e(uatorial climate$ There are days when the sun shines brilliantly on the lu)uriant canefields. Then" there are days when the torrential rain falls upon the roof like bullets. *ne can only hear the sound of water flowing in the ravines + drains. *ne can also hear the trees swaying violently in the strong amaican winds. !ut the most pleasant time of all is when the mango and logwood trees bloom with flowers. This is the time when you can hear the sound of bees and smell the fragrance of honey in the air. There is also the time when the leaves drop off the guango trees. #raintrees$ ,uring the hot season" the harvested canefields are left empty. #they are left to rest before the ne)t planting$ After the rains have gone"the sun shines again and nature-s beauty comes out in all its glory.

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..5is country has a tropical climate with hot days and rainy days. 2. a$ summer 3. 5ot and rainy seasons. 4. The canefields are lush and abundant. 6. The face of the sun is yellowish in colour and glows like the colour of gold. 7. The sound of the rain is very loud and sound like bullets. 8. *ne can only hear the sound of water in the drains or ravines. 9. . The trees have to struggle to stay upright because the wind in amaica is very strong. :. a$ bare b$ fallow b$ winter

.;. The reaped canefields are left bare to let them recover before the ne)t planting season. ... a$ /When the mango and logwood blossom.b$ /When the bushes are full of the sound of the bees and scent of honey-. .2. The tall grass (uivers gently in the wind. .3. To be grateful and appreciative of what we have. .4. Sugarcane as the poet describes the /lush green canefields..6. a$ The grass swaying in the wind. b$ The sun shining on the canefields. *ther options < 4The rain beats like bullets on the roofs4 Trees struggling in the high amaica winds./The buttercups have paved the earth with yellow stars..7. >es" ' would. amaica sounds like a beautiful paradise with a warm and wet climate.

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