OBJECTIVES

 
EN8LT-Ib-8: Describe the notable literary
genres contributed by African writers
 
a. Determine what the poem is about
b. Use proper stress and intonation in reading
the poem
c. Participate actively in the class
Unlocking of difficult
terms
a.Ripple – (verb) to move in small
waves
b.Serene - ( adj )calm and peaceful
c.Courageous – (adj) very brave;
having or showing courage
d.Defiant – (adj) refusing to obey
something or someone
e.Gurgled – (verb) to make a quiet
sound of water moving over rocks; to
 Gahini Lake
by John Nagenda
 
I stood at one end of gahini Lake
Years ago, one evening late,
And saw it stretch away beneath me
With red touches of dying sun.
Here and there a ripple disturbed the
surface
Where a guesting, jesting bird,
Low flying over the serene quite water,
Had landed and on again.
Beneath me, the silent lake;
Around me, the darkening gloom,
Though which, occasionally, a bush stood
 In courageous, a defiant loneliness.
And there might have been one song
or two
From an invisible lonely bird.
As I watched, the light was swallowed
up,
By darkness rising from the lake;
And points of light across the darkness
Appeared one by one.
Beneath me the lake was black
But gurgled and whispered and snored
What was it I had forever lost
In that deserted instant of time?
 Group Activity/ 1 whole
1. Lists 20 words from the
poem that are Content
words
2. Lists 20 words from the
poem that are function
words
3. Enumerate 10 words that
stress on the first syllable
4. Enumerate 10 words that
Questions:

1.What is the poem all about?

2.How do you find the
description of the lake?
3.Find out what could the
"light" and "darkness"
stand for.
4.What is the tone of the
poem?
What words are stress in the first
syllable?
What words are stress on the second
syllable?