SAD I AMS

By Trevor Millum
 PARAPHRASE OF THE POEM
The persona is the ring from an empty drink can, leftovers from an uncleaned porridge
STANZ pan and the loose arm from an old toy.
A1

The persona is an envelope that cannot be used, the roll of Sellotape which cannot be
STANZ peeled off, an empty stapler without staples and a clip that has no spring, liquid paper
A2 that is dry and a letter that has not been sent.

The persona is a battery that cannot charge, a starter motor that does not work, a bald
STANZ tyre, a sparking plug with no life, a dirty carburetor a not too shiny chromium trim.
A3

The persona is an overgrown garden, a book from the library that no one picks out, a
STANZ hungry stray and an unheeded piece of good advice.
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OVERVIEW OF SAD I AM
The persona highlights
The poem talks about The poet seeks to raise
the sad feelings of
ordinary items we tend awareness of the fact
items like toothless
to neglect, damage or that objects do have
stapler, a neglected
discard after use and feelings and want to be
garden and a treadles
think nothing about. useful even in old age.
tyre.

Like human beings,

they want to be held,
loved and valued.
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 SETTING
TIME The present.
Set in a common household.
A trash bin, a kitchen sink or
floor, an office, a car
PLACE
workshop, a garden, a library,
a street.
 PERSONA

The group of neglected or discarded objects that

are united in their desire to be useful, attractive
and loved again.
 THEMES

Losing Negativism
Things that Feeling Maintaining
direction Neglecting about life
have no unloved or looking Seeking
within the and losing
ones and how
value are after things
possessions. one is
attention
family and confidence we have.
disposable treated
friends.
 MORAL VALUES
LOVE, We must be kind and compassionate to others whether
they are animate or inanimate.
COMPASSION We must treat people or things with love, compassion and
kindness when they are old, hurt or less attractive and
AND KINDNESS. useful.

We must respect and recognize the past service and

sacrifice of the things we own and used.
RESPECT It is not right to carelessly abandon or neglect them when
they have outlived their usefulness or lost their beauty.

We must be vigilant and accountable for how we

RESPONSIBILITY treat our household waste and items or people who
are in need.
 TONE AND MOOD
TONE
The persona feels sad and takes a serious
view about feeling lost.
MOOD
It is disappointing to feel neglected and
unloved, especially within a family.
LANGUAGE AND STYLE
METAPHOR PERSONIFICATION REPITITION

the carburettor
The persona feels choked by bits of The words I am is
he is a piece of dirt personifies repeated to give
advice or a good the carburettor emphasis to the
example but no one being choked and persona strong
seem to need dying. feelings of sadness.
it. the toothless
stapler
personifies an old
person with no
teeth and so unable
to eat.