To learn how to speak-Jeremy Cronin
A sense of the stoneness of these stones
From which all words are cut - correct answer-Metaphor:Weathering process of rocks
compared to learning a new language because both take very long.
Allit of s-sound
Chwainnisberg train, to reach
The low chant of the mine gang's - correct answer-Phonetically: Johannesburg
To reach: To understand the mine workers
Down there close to the water table, to feel - correct answer-Metaphor: Digging deep to find
water=language
In that planetarium - correct answer-New language=Constellations
In vlei-bank dawn, - correct answer-New day, new hope
line 3+4 - correct answer-What must be done to understand a language and to become part
of the culture
Mineral glow of our people's unbreakable resolve. - correct answer-Search for gold is part of
the people of Africa
Pectoral beginning to the nub of time - correct answer-Pectoral: Chest
Nub: Tip/point of something
Stammer,call,cry,babble,tongues knot - correct answer-What he tries to interpret.
Personification: Tongues knotted compared to words knotted together, do not know where
words start/end
Syllables born in tin shacks , or catch - correct answer-Metaphor/personification: Origin of
words
The 5, 15 ikwata bust fife - correct answer-Phonetically: The quarter past 5 bus
The full moon as it drums
At the back of my throat
Its cow-skinned vowel. - correct answer-African reference: Vocal cords vibrate as
cow-skinned drum when saying vowels.
To bury my mouth in the pit of your arm, - correct answer-Refers to closeness, desire to
embrace country's language.
To catch in the inarticulate grunt, - correct answer-you have to listen to people speak and try
to interpret it(people who struggle to express themselves)
A sense of the stoneness of these stones
From which all words are cut - correct answer-Metaphor:Weathering process of rocks
compared to learning a new language because both take very long.
Allit of s-sound
Chwainnisberg train, to reach
The low chant of the mine gang's - correct answer-Phonetically: Johannesburg
To reach: To understand the mine workers
Down there close to the water table, to feel - correct answer-Metaphor: Digging deep to find
water=language
In that planetarium - correct answer-New language=Constellations
In vlei-bank dawn, - correct answer-New day, new hope
line 3+4 - correct answer-What must be done to understand a language and to become part
of the culture
Mineral glow of our people's unbreakable resolve. - correct answer-Search for gold is part of
the people of Africa
Pectoral beginning to the nub of time - correct answer-Pectoral: Chest
Nub: Tip/point of something
Stammer,call,cry,babble,tongues knot - correct answer-What he tries to interpret.
Personification: Tongues knotted compared to words knotted together, do not know where
words start/end
Syllables born in tin shacks , or catch - correct answer-Metaphor/personification: Origin of
words
The 5, 15 ikwata bust fife - correct answer-Phonetically: The quarter past 5 bus
The full moon as it drums
At the back of my throat
Its cow-skinned vowel. - correct answer-African reference: Vocal cords vibrate as
cow-skinned drum when saying vowels.
To bury my mouth in the pit of your arm, - correct answer-Refers to closeness, desire to
embrace country's language.
To catch in the inarticulate grunt, - correct answer-you have to listen to people speak and try
to interpret it(people who struggle to express themselves)
