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    A farmer and his family return home at dawn after spending a night searching for their son's albino buffalo in a flood. Their clothes are torn and their bodies are scratched and wounded from being in the floodwater, but they do not look despairing. Though they spent the whole day and night braving the flood looking between dead animals and tree debris, they did not find the buffalo. Having grown up in hardship without complaining, they now sit in the kitchen making jokes while preparing cigarettes, accepting their situation stoically.

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    A farmer and his family return home at dawn after spending a night searching for their son's albino buffalo in a flood. Their clothes are torn and their bodies are scratched and wounded from being in the floodwater, but they do not look despairing. Though they spent the whole day and night braving the flood looking between dead animals and tree debris, they did not find the buffalo. Having grown up in hardship without complaining, they now sit in the kitchen making jokes while preparing cigarettes, accepting their situation stoically.

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    A farmer and his family return home at dawn after spending a night searching for their son's albino buffalo in a flood. Their clothes are torn and their bodies are scratched and wounded from being in the floodwater, but they do not look despairing. Though they spent the whole day and night braving the flood looking between dead animals and tree debris, they did not find the buffalo. Having grown up in hardship without complaining, they now sit in the kitchen making jokes while preparing cigarettes, accepting their situation stoically.

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    In The Midst of Hardship Form4

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    A farmer and his family return home at dawn after spending a night searching for their son's albino buffalo in a flood. Their clothes are torn and their bodies are scratched and wounded from being in the floodwater, but they do not look despairing. Though they spent the whole day and night braving the flood looking between dead animals and tree debris, they did not find the buffalo. Having grown up in hardship without complaining, they now sit in the kitchen making jokes while preparing cigarettes, accepting their situation stoically.

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    At dawn they returned home


    their soaky clothes torn
    and approached the stove
    their limbs marked by scratches
    their legs full of wounds
    but on their brows
    there was not a sign of despair
    The whole day and night just passed
    they had to brave the horrendous flood
    in the water all the time
    between bloated carcasses
    and tiny chips of tree barks
    desperately looking for their sons
    albino buffalo that was never found
    They were born amidst hardship
    and grew up without a sigh or a complaint
    now they are in the kitchen, making
    jokes while rolling their ciggarete leaves
    SYNOPSIS (OVERALL)
    In this poem, the poet tells of the situation of a farmer and his family. They come back at
    dawn after being out in the floodwater for a day and night. They are looking for their
    albino buffalo. They come back wet and hurt but they do not show any despair. They
    have been born into a life of hardship and have never complained. Now, they are in the
    kitchen and they joke and talk while preparing to relax with a smoke.
    SYNOPSIS (ACCORDING TO STANZA)
    STANZA 1
    They returned home at dawn and headed for the stove. Their clothes were soaking wet
    and tattered. Their bodies were covered with scratches and wounds. Yet, they did not
    display any signs of being worried.
    STANZA 2
    They were out in the flood the whole day and night. They were surrounded by dead
    animals and parts of trees that had been destroyed by the flood. They searched
    desperately for their sons albino buffalo but were unable to find it.
    STANZA 3
    They were born into poverty and difficulty, but they do not complain about their suffer.
    Instead, they sit in the kitchen, cracking jokes while smoking cigarettes.
    SETTING
    The setting of the poem is in the house.
    THEMES
    Stoicism in life
    Family love
    Acceptance of way of life
    MORAL VALUES
    We should learn to accept problems in life with a positive outlook.
    We must attempt to face and solve problems.
    Failure is part of growing up.
    Do not despair in the face of failure.
    TONE, MOOD, ATMOSPHERE
    Understanding and sympathetic
    Dismal
    Acceptance of situation
    POINT OF VIEW
    Third person pint of view.
    LANGUAGE & STYLE
    Language is simple and easy to understand.
    The style is simple with no rhyming scheme.
    POETIC DEVICES
    Imagery Gives picture of poets thoughts e.g soaky clothes torn and legs full of
    wounds
    Alliteration e.g. but on their brows
    Symbols e.g. horrendous flood and bloating carcasses
    Diction e.g. stove and brows

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