Thumela-Elme barnard

1. tot siens meneer 2. het jy geskree 3. en vir oulaas. gemaak erinstig 4. na 'n kennisgewingbord 5. met hordes sportaankondigings 6. en lyste eksamenroosters 7. wat jou nie meer kon raak 8. gestaar 9. jou boeksak toe 10. met 'n wilde tol 11. die lug ingeskiet 12. en 'n geskiedenisboek gepos 13. sodat die blaaie 14. verward 15. oor die verlate skoolvierkant saai 16. terwyl jy laggend 17. om 'n hoek verdwyn 18. gemaak geskok 19. het meneer weggedraai 20. maar ek het bly wonder 21. of dit vir jou 22. dan niks beteken Agtergrond: Ons herken dat dit n leerder in gr12 se laaste skool dag is. Sy gedrag is tipies van n jong mens wat sy emosies nie kan beheer nie. Dit is n toneel waar die leerder sy blydskap uitwys. Die verteller is ontevrede met die seun se gedrag, en wonder of skool niks vir hom beteken het nie. Thumela beteken weg te stuurin Xhosa Ontleding: Die word gemaak is n skakel tussen die seun en die onderwyser se gevoelens.Dit gee voor dat hulle nie hulle regtige gevoelens wys nie. Die meervoude soos die lyste and rosters beklemtoon waarmee die seun gekonfronteer was in sy jare by die skool Assonansie van die letter awat die gedig saam bind Die blaaie van die geskiedenis boek is verward(dit is peronifikasiemenslike eiendomme.)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. bye-bye sir i shouted and for old times sake falsely serious at the notice board with hordes of sports information and lists of exam rosters that couldnt touch you now staring And your schoolbag With a wild spin You threw into the air and threw your history book so that the pages confused were scattered in the schools quad while you laughed and dissapeared around the coner falsleyshocked the teacher turned away and i keep wondering if for you it really meant anything

Background The learner is in grade12 and its his last day of school His behaviour is typical of a young man that cant control his emotions. The whole scene is about how happy the boy is that he is done and what he does. The speaker is disappointed with the way the student conducts himself and wonders if high school meant anything to him. Thumela is a Xhosa word meaning to send away.

Explanation: The word gemaak creates a connection between the teacher and the learners feelings. It shows us that throughout the poem they dont show their real emotions. All the plurals in the poem show what the student went through in his life at school. The assonance of the letter a bind the whole poem together. The pages of the history book are personified with the word verward