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Calvinia 1976 MOODNostalgic & elegy ( a poem that
Jacques Rousseau that expresses sadness)
Introduction
According to the poem, the
This poem in which the speaker fondly sheep were in trucks being
remembers time spent visiting his taken away where they would
grandfather in Calvina (in the Karoo), and end up (“destined”) on dinner
the visits his grandfather made to Cape plates with vegetables in a
Town. However the grandfather is sick and traditional meal.
eventually dies. Using free verse, the
speaker writes about memories in each
line and stanza to reflect on his love for his
grandfather and their good relationship. In Line 14
contrast – short lines of stanza 3 & 4 gives
a shocking insight to the grandfather’s Personification: “memory
illness and death. speaks”– his own live and
therefor it’s own power.
Compered to many other poems in the
book, this poem is “fuller” – the lines are
somewhat longer and a lot more detail. It
is as if the speaker wanted to record as
much as possible.
Stanza 5
The description of Oupa’s deterioration.
Less emotion and more ‘clinical’. Oupa
past away soon after being admitted in
hospital. “not his home for long”
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