Nature by H.D Carberry We have neither Summer nor Winter Neither Autumn nor Spring.

We have instead the days When the gold sun shines on the lush green canefieldsMagnificently. The days when the rain beats like bullet on the roofs And there is no sound but thee swish of water in the gullies And trees struggling in the high Jamaica winds. Also there are the days when leaves fade from off guango trees And the reaped canefields lie bare and fallow to the sun. But best of all there are the days when the mango and the logwood blossom When bushes are full of the sound of bees and the scent of honey, When the tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air, When the buttercups have paved the earth with yellow stars And beauty comes suddenly and the rains have gone. a. In your words describe the weather as depicted in the poem. . . b. State one moral value that you have learnt from the poem. .. c. Note that the poem ends with the line and beauty comes suddenly and the rains have gone. Describe how this bears a resemblance in our life. d. In the opening lines of the poem, the poet describes the things that are absent. In your opinion, what is the poet trying to convey? .. . a. Why do you think H.D.Carberry wrote the poem? b. List three words related to nature.

c. Which line in the poem Nature suggests the sense of smell? d. Based on your knowledge of the poem Nature, describe a theme in the poem. a. What seasons did the poet say that they did not have? __________________________________________________________________ b. List out the verbs found in the poem Nature. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ c. List words that describe the following in the poem. i) sunny days ____________________________________________________________ ii) rainy days ____________________________________________________________ d. Do you agree that the sunny days are the best days as compared to rainy days? Explain why or why not? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________

Words List: 1. Lush (Adj) abundant, dense, flourishing, verdant, luxurious, opulent, plush 2. Canefields (Noun) sugarcane fields or plantations 3. Magnificently (Adv) splendidly, gloriously, gorgeously, imposingly, impressively, majestically, regally, excellently, brilliantly, finely, outstandingly, superbly 4. Beats (Verb) - hits, bangs, batter, knocks, pounds, strikes, thrashes

5. Swish (Noun) - to move or make something move quickly through the air with a quiet sound 6. Gullies (Noun) channel, ditch, gutter, watercourse. 7. Struggling (Noun) fighting, battling, competing, contending, grappling, wrestling 8. Fade (Verb) pale, bleach, discolour, lose colour, wash out, dwindle, decline, die away, disappear, vanish, vane 9. Guango trees (Noun) a type of tree unique to Jamaica 10. Reaped (Adj) collected, brought in, garnered, gathered, harvested 11. Bare (Adj) naked, nude, stripped 12. Fallows (Adj) uncultivated, dormant, idle, inactive, resting, implanted, unused 13. Logwood (Noun) a type of tree unique to Jamaica 14. Blossom (Verb) flower, bloom, bud 15. Scent (Noun) fragrance, aroma, odour, perfume, smell 16. Sways (Verb) leans, bends, rocks, rolls, swings 17. Shivers (Verb) trembles, quakes, quivers, shakes, shudders, flutters 18. Slightest (Adj) smallest, most feeble, most insignificant, most meager, slimmest, most trivial, most unimportant 19. Breath (Noun) respiration, breathing, exhalation, gasp, gulp, inhalation, pant, wheeze 20. Buttercups (Noun) small shiny yellow wild flowers 21. Paved (Verb) covered, concreted, floored, surfaced, tiled