P
eotry Analysi
s
English FAL
Grade 12
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, Contents
1 Hard to find Sinesipo Jojo
2 One the grasshopper and cricket John Keats
3 Sonnet 73 William Shakespeare
4 Reciprocities Cathal Lagan
5 What life is really like Beverly Rycroft
6 You laughed and laughed and laughed Gabriel Okara
7 The lake isle of Innisfree William Butler Yeats
8 The slave dealer Thomas Pringle
9 Inversnaid Gerard Manley Hopkins
10 The night-jar and Inkosazana Yasezulwini Chris Mann
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, Hard to find by Sinesipo Jojo
Background Summary of the poem
The speaker expresses how people at times struggle to find the right words to describe how they feel.
Sinesipo Jojo was born in the Eastern
vocab
Cape (Port St Johns) in 1993. She began
writing while still at high school. WORD MEANING
She wrote this poem while studying
Psychology at a university in Port
fly out escape/leave
Elizabeth.
slang phrase meaning something being done with
nobody’s business
passion
provoked to be angered/annoyed/irritated/frustrated
Structure
twisted cruel
m&
slide move smoothly/glide
FOr
The poem ‘Hard to find’ is a free realize understand clearly/become aware
verse which represents the
emotions that the poet
Themes
experiences.
The mixture of long and short
lines creates stanzas that portray
the speaker’s mixed feelings.
Communication
Words are used to communicate with one another.
At times, words ‘fly’ freely when we are passionate,
however, there are times we fail to speak freely as
words ‘hide’ and we cannot find the right words to
mood
express how we feel.
nd
ea Sadness
ton
When the speaker is at a loss of words to express
The tone is reflective, and the emotion, it leads to a feeling of sadness.
speaker considers why it is
sometimes so difficult to find the The ‘raindrops’ is a physical sign that the speaker
appropriate words to express experiences sadness when the ‘heart looks sadly
intense emotions.
through the glass window’.
The mood is hopeful (in the last 2
lines) as the speaker is optimistic
about the possibility that in
future, words might be easily
available.
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eotry Analysi
s
English FAL
Grade 12
© 2026 Knap Opsommings
All notes, summaries, and study materials are owned by Knap Opsommings. Please use them only for your personal school learning. Do not copy, share, or sell our content
without permission.
, Contents
1 Hard to find Sinesipo Jojo
2 One the grasshopper and cricket John Keats
3 Sonnet 73 William Shakespeare
4 Reciprocities Cathal Lagan
5 What life is really like Beverly Rycroft
6 You laughed and laughed and laughed Gabriel Okara
7 The lake isle of Innisfree William Butler Yeats
8 The slave dealer Thomas Pringle
9 Inversnaid Gerard Manley Hopkins
10 The night-jar and Inkosazana Yasezulwini Chris Mann
© 2026 Knap Opsommings
All notes, summaries, and study materials are owned by Knap Opsommings. Please use them only for your personal school learning. Do not copy, share, or sell our content without permission.
, Hard to find by Sinesipo Jojo
Background Summary of the poem
The speaker expresses how people at times struggle to find the right words to describe how they feel.
Sinesipo Jojo was born in the Eastern
vocab
Cape (Port St Johns) in 1993. She began
writing while still at high school. WORD MEANING
She wrote this poem while studying
Psychology at a university in Port
fly out escape/leave
Elizabeth.
slang phrase meaning something being done with
nobody’s business
passion
provoked to be angered/annoyed/irritated/frustrated
Structure
twisted cruel
m&
slide move smoothly/glide
FOr
The poem ‘Hard to find’ is a free realize understand clearly/become aware
verse which represents the
emotions that the poet
Themes
experiences.
The mixture of long and short
lines creates stanzas that portray
the speaker’s mixed feelings.
Communication
Words are used to communicate with one another.
At times, words ‘fly’ freely when we are passionate,
however, there are times we fail to speak freely as
words ‘hide’ and we cannot find the right words to
mood
express how we feel.
nd
ea Sadness
ton
When the speaker is at a loss of words to express
The tone is reflective, and the emotion, it leads to a feeling of sadness.
speaker considers why it is
sometimes so difficult to find the The ‘raindrops’ is a physical sign that the speaker
appropriate words to express experiences sadness when the ‘heart looks sadly
intense emotions.
through the glass window’.
The mood is hopeful (in the last 2
lines) as the speaker is optimistic
about the possibility that in
future, words might be easily
available.
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All notes, summaries, and study materials are owned by Knap Opsommings. Please use them only for your personal school learning. Do not copy, share, or sell our content without permission.
