The Son is in Secondary School by Affran Sa’at

My badge has a Latin motto
Hope for the future
The future is hope
Or something

At times black crows try to interrupt
When we sing the National Anthem

It is difficult to maintain
The whiteness of my shoes
Especially on Wednesdays

I must admit there is something quite special
About the bare thighs of hardworking scouts

The Malay chauffeurs
Who wait for my schoolmates
Sit on the car park kerb
Telling jokes to one another

Seven to the power of five is unreasonable

On Chinese New Year
Mrs Lee dressed up
In a sarong kebaya
And sang Bengawan Solo

The capital of Singapore is Singapore
My best friend did a heroic thing once
Shaded all A’s
For his Chinese Language
Multiple-choice paper

In our annual yearbook
There is a photograph of me
Pushing a wheelchair and smiling
They caught me
At the exact moment

When my eyes were actually closed

I will be analysing this poem.

I feel that the poet is reminiscing his school life which have not faded away from his mind,although his child hood memories originated many years ago.The poet indulged in his school life by writing a poem about it which shows that a vivid image of his pass stills remain in his mind.I feel that the poet had probably thought about his school life to relive those moments as a normal school boy in attending school every morning. But I am sure that the poet would have wanted to relive those memories and experience the true meaning of childhood once more while writing this poem.
The poem above has exactly 31 lines.Lines are arranged in in quinrains mostly in the last few stanzas and lines are arranged in quatrains and couplets in the beginning and the middle stanzas in this poem.This poem contains 10 stanzas.It is a free verse poem. There are occurences of illiteration in the most of the stanzas, in stanzas 1,3,5,6,7 and 8.This poem is mainly using the sense of sight and have little usage of imagery.Neither similies nor onomaetopia can be foound.There is little personication used,it is used only in the second stanza,"At times black crows try to interrupt".Idioms are not used in this poem and the symbol portrayed in this poem is:School life is happiness.The mood in this poem is positive and the poet is trying to convey the message that all of us should treasure our childhood.

Now I will construct a poem of my primary school life.

Primary school wasn't so long ago,
I didn't want to let it go.
If I didn't what will happen?
I won't know till it really happens.

It was fun,
Playing in the sun.
But times were rough,
When the work was tough.

Primary school wasn't so long ago,
I didn't want to let it go.
If I did what will actually happen?
I already know because it has happened.

I am now in Secondary One,
Where I didn't know almost everyone.
I didn't regret letting it go,
As it has really let me grow.

Remembering what life is.....
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