Answer to Question #300468 in English for Kabelo

Question

Read the poem below and respond to the questions that follow.

Letters on the page

Worlds created in my mind

I live many lives.

2.1 You want to encourage your FAL students to read more and have decided to use the poem above to inform your discussion with them. In about 2 short paragraphs, explain how you would use the poem to guide your lesson with your class. Begin by identifying this type of poem and defining its typical features, then go on to describe how you could use it in your discussion with your students. (10)

2.2. Why do you think that this poem would be more effective than an essay on the benefits of reading? (10)

Answer 1

2.1) The poem is a descriptive poem for the writer uses figurative language that creates images and feelings which extract a sensory experience in the reader’s mind. The poem contains firstly, the subject, who the story being told resolves around them. Secondly, Descriptive imagery feature and figure of speech feature, where the language used invoke the human senses; taste, smell, sound, and feelings. Second, the figure of speech brings life to the words of the writer, awakening interest in the readers.

In the discussion with my students, I would explain the meaning of the poem. “ Letters on the page worlds created in my mind I live many lives” means a reader enters the realm of the character and experiences their lives, put themselves in their shoes which in turn develops empathy in a reader. The reader gets to live as different people and gets to see how everyone views the world differently.

2.2) this type of poem enables students to learn new concepts, develops their memory, and helps them come up with new information or ideas. It invokes strong creative ability that will be of help in the future since anything that needs interpretation and coming up with something new, imagination is an important factor.