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.

SYNOPSIS The poem tells of the weather conditions in Jamaica although it does not have the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. The weather conditions of golden sunny days and wet rainy days are just as good and are almost equivalent to the four seasons. VOCABULARY WORD Lush Magnificently Swish Gullies Struggling Fade Fallow paved MEANING Healthy growth Wonderfully, grandly, beautifully The sound made by moving water Channels cut out in the earth by persistent rainfall Fighting to survive; moving with great physical effort Lose their colour Left bare (in order to recover natural fertility) Covered

UNDERSTANDING THE POEM Lines 1 to 10 The poet tells about his homeland , Jamaica and rejoices the beauty of this island. Jamaica has no seasonal changes. It has a tropical climate which is hot and wet throughout the year. The days of golden sunshine are glorious and magnificent. The are many canefields in Jamaica as sugar is one of the main exports in this country. Lines 11 to 15 In the ending of the poem, the poet tells us his favourite time days when the flowers of mango trees and logwood blossom. He uses imagery of sound and smell to illustrate abundant life and activity in the bushes when the sound of bees and the scent of honey add to the charm and beauty if Jamaica. He describes the fields filled with lovely yellow buttercups. All this happens when the rains have stopped and the beauty if nature emerges once again.

THEMES
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Beauty of nature Appreciation of one own country Appreciate nature

MORAL VALUES
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We should appreciate what we have in our own country We should not long for what we do not have. We should appreciate our homeland. We should appreciate the beauty of nature.

TONE,MOOD, ATMOSPHERE
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Appreciative and happy Carefree and light-hearted Sense of beauty

POINT OF VIEW
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Third person point of view

LANGUAGE AND STYLE

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Simple and easy to understand the language Clear and descriptive Simple style with no rhyming scheme

POETIC DEVICES
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Imagery e.g. gold sun, lush green fields, trees struggling Alliteration e.g. sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air Symbols e.g. gold sun symbol of summer, rains symbol of winter Contrast e.g. beauty or summer is compared with rains or winter Figurative Language Simile rain beats like bullets Metaphor e.g. the buttercups paved the earth with yellow stars Personafication buttercups have paved the earth buttercups have been personified as having laid tiles