6. sad i ams presentation

7/24/2019 6. Sad I Ams Presentation

1/17

Sad I Ams

By: Trevor Millum


2/17

About the

Poet Born in the U.K

Writes poems, playsand stories for allages.

Self-employed.

Poetry collections :

A Stegosaurus iffor

Life and Other

animal poems and

Exploding Heads

Comics StripPoems.

An Ex-English teacher

Was director of theational Associationfor !eaching ofEnglish

!"E#$"

%&''U%


3/17

The Poem& amthe ringfrom an empty (ola canthe scrapingsfrom an )n*ashed porridgepan

the se+ered armfrom last years Action %an

& amthe en+elopeon *hich the g)m is gone

the Sellotape*here yo) cant nd the endthe toothless stapler,springless )lldog clipthe dried-)p li/)id paperthe mars instead of mendsthe stamped addressed reply

that yo) forgotto send

& amthe attery in *hich nocharge is leftthe starter motor *hichremains inertthe tyre on *hich the tread

is *ornthe spar0ing pl)g *hichsho*s no sign of spar0the car)rettor cho0ed yits of dirtthe chromi)m trim from*hich the shine has gone.

& ama gardeno+ergro*n *ith *eeds

a lirary oo0that no one e+er reads


4/17

Poem Analysis: Stanza 1

Poem %eaning

& amthe ring

from an empty(ola canthe scrapingsfrom an

)n*ashedporridge panthe se+ered armfrom last yearsAction %an

!he persona is

the ring from an

empty drin0 can,

lefto+ers from an

)ncleaned

porridge pan

and the ro0en

arm of last years

action toy.


5/17

Stanza 1

the se+ered armof lastyears Action%an

the scrapings

from an)n*ashedporridge pan

the ringfrom anempty (olacan


6/17


Poem %eaning

& amthe en+elopeon *hich the g)m is

gonethe Sellotape*here yo) cant ndthe endthe toothlessstapler, springless)lldog clipthe dried-)p li/)idpaperthe mars instead ofmends

the stampedaddressed re l

!he persona goes on

to say that he or she

is li0e an assortment

of )n*antedstationery items

s)ch as an en+elope

that cannot e

sealed as the g)m is

gone, the roll of

Sellotape *hich

cannot e peeled

o1, an empty stapler

*itho)t staples anda clip that has no


7/17

Stanza 2theen+elopeon *hichg)m isgone

thetoothlessstapler

springless )lldogclip

the dried-)p li/)id paper

the stampedaddressed replythat yo) forgot tosend

the sellotape *hereyo) cant nd the

end


8/17


Poem %eaning

& amthe attery in *hichno charge is left

the starter motor*hich remains inertthe tyre on *hich thetread is *ornthe spar0ing pl)g

*hich sho*s no signof spar0the car)rettorcho0ed y its of dirtthe chromi)m trimfrom *hich the shinehas gone.

&n this stan2a, the

persona li0ens

himself or herself to

+ario)s parts of a

car. !he persona is a

attery that cannot

charge, a starter

motor that does not*or0, a ald tyre, a

spar0ing pl)g *ith

no life, a dirty

car)rettor and not

a too shiny


9/17

Stanza 3the

car)rettorcho0ed yits of dirt

the chromi)mtrim from*hich theshine has gone

the startermotor*hichremains

inert

the attery in

*hich nocharge is left

the tyre on *hichthe tread is *orn

the spar0ing pl)g*hichsho*s no sign


10/17


Poem %eaning

& ama gardeno+ergro*n *ith

*eedsa lirary oo0that no one e+erreadsa stray

*hich no one thin0sto feedthe piece of goodad+ice *hich no oneseems to need

&n the nal stan2a,

the persona e/)ates

himself3 herself to

an o+ergro*n

garden, a oo0 from

the lirary that no

one pic0s o)t, a

h)ngry stray and an)nheeded piece of

good ad+ice.


11/17

Stanza 4

a stray *hichno onethin0s tofeed

a piece of goodad+ice *hich noone seems toneed

a liraryoo0 that noone e+erreads

a gardeno+ergro*n *ith*eeds


12/17

Setting4

o s!e"i#"

time $rame ismentioned%

The !ersonais sim!ly

relatin& his orher thou&hts%

o

s!e"i#"!la"e ismentioned%


13/17

!one5

mood

P.$.#

Persona

6loomy and depressing.Sympathy and sad especially*ithin a family.

78irst person point of +ie*

!he gender of the persona is not mentioned.9o*e+er, it can e ass)med that the personaan elderly.

!%o%v ' !oint o$


14/17

%

"eection

egligenceof ones

possessions

8eelingof)selessness

Themes

egati+ism ao)t

life


15/17

%oral #al)es4


16/17

'iterary

;e+ices4

Persona regardshimself as the)n*anted things s)ch

as ring of empty cans.

pan=

Action %an=

Scrapings from an )n*ashedporridgepan symoli2es )n*antedthings

Asso : < )n*ashed porridge pan=Allit :


17/17

!9E E;

Prepared for : English >K;, PP; Kl)ang

6. sad i ams presentation

Documents